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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 02 June 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS THIRTY-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 6 TO 23 JUNE 2017

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS THIRTY-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 6 TO 23 JUNE 2017 31 May 2017 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-fifth regular session from 6 to 23 June 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador, President of the…

PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS MEMBERS OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS MEMBERS OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR 30 May 2017 Press Release (Issued as received) - Geneva, 30 May 2017 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli (El Salvador), announced today the appointment of Ms. Indira Jaising (India), Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka) and Mr. Christopher Dominic Sidoti (Australia) to serve as…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 30 May 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 26 May 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespeople for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.UNICEF’s Appeal to G7 Leaders Deputy…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NIGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 26 May 2017 Presentation of Credentials Audu Ayinla Kadiri, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Kadiri had been serving as Head of the Political…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 23 May 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, the World Bank Group, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Ebola in the…

Briefing to the Security Council by the UN Special Envoy for Syria

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Briefing to the Security Council by the UN Special Envoy for Syria 22 May 2017 Press Conferences Mr. President [Amb. Elio Rosselli of Uruguay], Dear colleagues, 1. When I briefed you in April, we together saw two paths ahead: either international escalation and internal escalation and deeper intra-Syrian conflict; or international dialogue, cooperation on de-escalating and de-escalating the tensions and moving on the political track even by small steps, but moving. So far…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 19 May 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Transcript of Press Conference by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura Conclusion of the 6th round of Intra-Syrian talks

7 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Press Conference by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura Conclusion of the 6th round of Intra-Syrian talks 19 May 2017 Press Conferences SdM: Let me read to you some comments and then of course I will take some questions, so don’t be intimidated by the formality of my comments. Today we concluded a sixth round of the intra-Syrian talks. You must have seen and you have seen, it was a short round and this was intentional. We wanted a focused,…