Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, UN-Women, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the Vice Governor of Xinjiang, China had given an address at the Council that morning. Owing to the very large number of States and non-governmental organizations scheduled to take the floor…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme.Update on the itinerary of the Secretary-General Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Food Programme.Update on the International Labour Conference Rosalind Yarde, for the International Labour Organization (ILO), said that there would be a number of high-level visits during the International Labour Conference on 19…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Meteorological Organization. Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, speaking on behalf of the International Labour Organization (ILO), said that the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, would give a keynote speech at the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokesperson for the World Health Organization.Update on the International Labour Conference Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, confirmed, on behalf of ILO, that Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was due to speak at the Conference at approximately 6.45 p.m. that day following her expected arrival at the Palais des Nations at 6.20 p.m. Journalists should contact the ILO press team or UNIS for further…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization.Libya: Detention conditions for migrants and refugees, and flooding Rupert Colville, for the Office of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria.World Investment Report 2019 Catherine Huissoud, for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), said that at 3 p.m. on 11 June in Press Room I, a press conference would be held to mark the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization of Migration, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and the World Meteorological Organization. Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary-General had appointed Tatiana Valovaya of the Russian Federation as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. She will…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the United Nations Environment Programme.Report on North Korea Marta Hurtado, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), gave the following…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Water shortages for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh Andrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), made the following statement: “Low rainfall in parts of southeast Bangladesh’s Teknaf peninsula means that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are expecting in the next 10-12 days to…