Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the International Labour Office, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. Mr. Fawzi started the briefing by asking journalists and spokespersons to try to keep the briefings…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the United Nations Television and Radio Section and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Mr. Zaccheo said he was standing in for Ahmad Fawzi who was in Cairo on mission with Michael Møller, Acting…

Ahmad Fawzi, Interim Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Yemen Sitara Jabeen, for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Human Rights Office, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Human Rights Office, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization. Yemen Christian Lindmeier, for the World Health Organization (WHO), said WHO deplored the deaths of health care workers and damages to health facilities in Yemen as a result of the ongoing conflict, and was concerned about the serious implications of those attacks. He noted that World…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. At the beginning of the briefing, Ms. Momal-Vanian said although this was not her last briefing, she would like to introduce her successor, Ahmad Fawzi, who was well known…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the United Nations Development Programme. SyriaElisabeth Hoff, for the World Health Organization (WHO), speaking on the phone from Damascus, spoke about her recent visit to Aleppo. She said that she had first gone to the Al Razy…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Development Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the International Trade Centre. Vanuatu Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), informed that a Flash Appeal had been launched in Vanuatu today to help 166,000 people, or…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Development Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization. Vanuatu…