Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of 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, UN-Water, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. Geneva activitiesHuman Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Office of…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, 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 International Organization for Migration, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Geneva activitiesHuman Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that the…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization. Geneva activitiesHuman Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that the Human Rights Council was holding on 11…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Agency, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that the Secretary-General had been in Western…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and the World Trade Organization. UN Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-General had been in Burkina Faso and had met with President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. In a subsequent meeting with the press,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration. UN Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-General had addressed the Human Rights Council’s High Level Segment at the opening of the 31st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 29 February. The Secretary-General had said that one of his priorities…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Secretariat, and the World Food Programme. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that the Secretary-General had been in Juba, South Sudan, on 25 February before going to Kinshasa, where he had met President Joseph Kabila and had discussed issues related to cooperation…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. UN Secretary-General and Director-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General had arrived in Bujumbura and was meeting with key groups in Burundi, including representatives of the civil society and political parties. He was to meet…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and TV Section at the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Mine Action Service, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization. Syria Mr. Zaccheo said that the Special Envoy was on his way back to Geneva this morning and was planning to attend the Ceasefire Task Force meeting scheduled at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today. He had participated in the Humanitarian Task Force meeting via video conference…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. Geneva activities Mr. Fawzi said that the Conference on Disarmament (CD) was holding a public meeting today at 10 a.m. This was the last week under the Presidency of Nigeria (until 21 February); the CD would also be successively chaired by Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland and the Republic of Korea. The…