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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 29 July 2016 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the International Committee of the…

Verbatim transcript of stakeout by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Verbatim transcript of stakeout by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria 29 July 2016 Press Conferences Thank you for being available for this further discussion. I must say I owe to you some additional points because all of you asked for some comments on what, at that time, was breaking news, at the humanitarian taskforce. I did not answer your questions then because I said we were going to study the Russian initiative…

STATEMENT FROM UNOG DIRECTOR-GENERAL MICHAEL MØLLER ON THE PASSING OF VETERAN JOURNALIST GORDON MARTIN

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home STATEMENT FROM UNOG DIRECTOR-GENERAL MICHAEL MØLLER ON THE PASSING OF VETERAN JOURNALIST GORDON MARTIN 28 July 2016 Press Conferences UNOG Director-General Michael Møller has learned with great sadness of the passing on Tuesday of veteran journalist Gordon Martin, the doyen of the international press corps in Geneva and a distinguished former president of the ACANU (Association des Correspondents Auprès des Nations Unies). The United Nations in Geneva benefited greatly…

Near verbatim transcript of stakeout by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, following the humanitarian taskforce meeting

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Near verbatim transcript of stakeout by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, following the humanitarian taskforce meeting 28 July 2016 Press Conferences Good afternoon, and sorry for the delay, but as you know there have been new indications and discussions taking place regarding both Aleppo and the overall situation. Let me first of all say that I am asking my deputy to go to Damascus in the next few days in order to discuss with the Syrian…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 26 July 2016 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Syria Jessy Chahine, for the Office of the Special Envoy…

Near Verbatim transcript of stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Staffan de Mistura

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Near Verbatim transcript of stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Staffan de Mistura 26 July 2016 Press Conferences 26 July 2016, GenevaSpecial Envoy: Good evening. First let me say in French [few words of condolences and condemnation of today’s church attack in France]. Today as you know we had a meeting in Geneva at the UN premises here with both American and Russian senior officials. The subject was related to the urgent need of progress on the cessation of…

Verbatim transcript of remarks delivered by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, prior to his meeting today with the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in Berlin

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Verbatim transcript of remarks delivered by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, prior to his meeting today with the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in Berlin 25 July 2016 Press Conferences 22 July 2016 I’m looking forward to meet our friend and trusted supporter of the UN efforts, yourself, Minister, and Germany. I will be having an opportunity of discussing exactly what you said. We will be certainly on our…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 22 July 2016 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION 22 July 2016 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of the Philippines, Myanmar, France, Albania, Turkey, Uruguay, Mali and Trinidad and Tobago The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded its sixty-fourth session this afternoon, after adopting its concluding observations and…

Near Verbatim transcript of stakeout by UN Senior Adviser Jan Egeland

8 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Near Verbatim transcript of stakeout by UN Senior Adviser Jan Egeland 21 July 2016 Press Conferences Geneva, 21 July 2016 Jan Egeland (JE).: We have now been working in the Humanitarian Taskforce of the ISSG since mid-February, about five months. When we take stock after this first half year, this year, we see that we [the UN] have now reached 1 million people, in hard to reach areas and in besieged areas. We have reached 400,000 of the 590,000 people inside the besieged…