Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Trade Centre. Syria Adrian Edwards for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said thousands of Syrians crossed into northern Iraq yesterday (15 August) in a sudden, massive movement.…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. Central African Republic Adrian Edwards for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said UNHCR was continuing to see forced displacement within and from Central African Republic. Inside CAR itself there…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Youth Day Ms. Momal Vanian said International Youth Day was to be celebrated on Monday 12 August and a message from the Secretary-General on the occasion of the Day was available at the back of the room. This year's…

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 Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Answering a question on a recent report published by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on its response to the Syrian refugee emergency (http://www.unhcr.org/51f7d9919.html), Melissa Fleming for the UNHCR said UNHCR regularly…

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 International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization. Democratic Republic of Congo Patrick McCormick for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said recent violence near the town of Kamango in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, had forced more than 66,000 Congolese, over half of whom children, to seek refuge in neighboring Uganda. Many of the refugee children recounted…

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 Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Syria Elisabeth Byrs for the World Food Programme (WFP) said WFP planned to reach three million people in July, but the upsurge in violence across many areas of Damascus and Homs, and the proliferation of checkpoints around major cities had affected…

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 Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Trade Centre. Tunisia Ms. Momal-Vanian read the statement issued by the Secretary-General saying he condemned the assassination today of Mr. Mohamed Brahmi, an opposition politician and member of Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General noted that this was the second assassination of a prominent…

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 Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Mali Adrian Edwards for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that with the first round of Mali’s presidential elections scheduled for this Sunday (July 28th), UNHCR was continuing preparations with the Malian authorities and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization and World Trade Organization. Syria Gaëlle Sévenier for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) began by saying that since August 2012 IOM had delivered essential non-food relief items (NFI) to 260,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 11…

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 Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Democratic Republic of the Congo / Uganda Amanda Pitt for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Coordinator of Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of Congo,…