Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations World Food Programme, Office of the High Commissioner…

Appeal for a nationwide ceasefire and all-out-effort to counter COVID-19 in Syria Arabic versionRussian version Yesterday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to warring parties throughout the world for an immediate ceasefire to enable the human family to tackle a common enemy –…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the United Nations…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director 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 and the World Food Programme. Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, United Nations…

Sabri Bachtobji, the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Bachtobji had been serving as Tunisia’s…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (in person), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the…

Council Extends All Mandates and Mandated Activities that would otherwise Expire and Appoints 19 Special Procedure Mandate Holders The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Bosnia and Herzegovina and held a debate on the midterm review of the…

Starts second reading of draft General Comment on the right of peaceful assembly The Human Rights Committee today decided to suspend its one hundred and twenty-eighth session, in light of the COVID-19 situation. The Committee also initiated the second reading of draft General Comment No. 37 on…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Italy, El Salvador, Gambia and Bolivia, and decided to suspend its current forty-third session as of Friday, 13 March and until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, President of…