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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 10 April 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the…

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in Douma, Syria

7 years ago Breadcrumb Home Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in Douma, Syria 08 April 2018 Statements and Speeches The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about renewed and intensive violence in Douma in Eastern Ghouta over the last 36 hours, following a period of relative calm. Reports include sustained airstrikes and shelling on Douma, killing of civilians, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and attacks damaging several health facilities.…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 06 April 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament, the Coordinator and Head of Strategic Programmes, Patient Safety, for the World Health Organization and the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS ITS ANNUAL REPORT AND CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND SESSION

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS ITS ANNUAL REPORT AND CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND SESSION 06 April 2018 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Lebanon and Norway The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twenty-second session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Lebanon and Norway,…

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

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LESOTHO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 05 April 2018 Presentation of Credentials Refiloe Litjobo, the new Permanent Representative of Lesotho 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. Litjobo had been serving as a member of parliament from…

NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 05 April 2018 Presentation of Credentials Ali Hussain Alsammak, the new Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Alsammak, a…

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

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JAMAICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 04 April 2018 Presentation of Credentials Cheryl Kay Spencer, the new Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Spencer served as the High Commissioner for Jamaica to…

Transcript of Stakeout by Jan Egeland, Senior Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Stakeout by Jan Egeland, Senior Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria 04 April 2018 Press Conferences JE: Thank you very much. We had another meeting of the Humanitarian Task Force of the International Syria Support Group. The message to the Member States is the following: The marathon of pain, suffering and violence in Syria is far from over. So it is wrong that it seems to be fading from the attention globally, there has been less coverage of recent…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 03 April 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Refugee Agency.YemenMr. LeBlanc said the high-level pledging event for the humanitarian crisis in Yemen had begun that morning at the Palais des Nations. The…

Near-Verbatim Transcript of the Press Stakeout on the Pledging Conference on Yemen by the United Nations Secretary-General

7 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Near-Verbatim Transcript of the Press Stakeout on the Pledging Conference on Yemen by the United Nations Secretary-General 03 April 2018 Press Conferences Geneva, Tuesday 3 April 2018 The Secretary-General: Ladies and gentlemen from the media, thank you very much for your presence. It is my pleasure to announce that this Pledging Conference represents a remarkable success of international solidarity to the people of Yemen. The pledges announced represent more than $ 2…