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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council and the Economic Commission for Europe.Update on humanitarian needs in Syria 2019 Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), made the following statement: “The United Nations in Syria remains gravely concerned about the plight of thousands of civilians fleeing the…

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 and the World Food Programme.Central African Republic: Airlift of food in Zemio owing to the difficult situation in the region Hervé Verhoosel, for the World Food Programme (WFP), made the following statement: “Le Programme alimentaire mondial des Nations Unies a lancé une opération de transport aérien visant à fournir des denrées alimentaires vitales à 18 000 personnes à Zémio, une ville située à 1 000 km de la…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Visit to Geneva of the United Nations Secretary-General Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, informed that the UN Secretary-General would give opening remarks at the Human…

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization.Global refugee resettlementShabia Mantoo, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement: “New data released by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, shows that despite record levels of worldwide forced displacement, just 4.7 per cent of…

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Sexual violence in South Sudan Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme on behalf of the UN Team in Rukban, Syria, and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (both by phone), the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the Economic Commission for Europe.Syrian Arab RepublicCorinne Fleischer, Rukban Convoy Team Leader and representative of the World Food Programme (WFP),…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Development Programme.Syria Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Mine Action Service, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Food Programme.22nd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers Lee Woodyear, for the United Nations Mine Action Service, said that representatives of nearly all the…

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Protests in Venezuela Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), gave the following statement:“The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is issuing a press release in a few…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following statement on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria:“Special Envoy Geir O.…