Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Democratic Republic of Congo Ms. Momal-Vanian said that, according to information provided by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Meteorological Organization.Gaza Ms. Momal-Vanian said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Cairo to add his support to efforts…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labour Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration.Gaza Rupert Colville for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the High Commissioner Navi Pillay was…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Haiti Jens Laerke for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Bragg had launched an emergency revision of the Consolidated…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, the GAVI Alliance, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Humanitarian Forum Jens Laerke for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization. Myanmar Elisabeth Byrs for the World Food Programme (WFP) said as of Monday (5 November), WFP had dispatched and was in the process of distributing enough food for over 27,000 people in all Rakhine townships affected by the recent upsurge in inter-communal violence. Dispatches of food…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Telecommunications Union. Sandy Jens Laerke for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee against Torture had opened its four-week autumn session…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Syrian refugees Melissa Fleming for the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said as of yesterday the number of refugees registered in Lebanon was 101,283. Turkey and Jordan already had refugee populations in…

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