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31 October 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.Refugees from Cameroon arriving in Nigeria
Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee…
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EXPERTS OF THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR CONCLUDE VISIT TO BANGLADESH
27 October 2017
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Dhaka / Bangladesh, 27 October 2017 (Issued as received) – Three United Nations human rights experts concluded their first fact finding mission in Bangladesh today “deeply disturbed” by accounts of killings, torture, rape, arson and aerial attacks reportedly perpetrated against the…
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27 October 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…
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Briefing to the Security Council by Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria
26 October 2017
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Monsieur le président [François Delattre, France], dear friends, ambassadors,
Let me update you on developments and lay out some of the plans that we have for the next round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, and then brief you on some of the other potential initiatives.
We are seeing very significant developments in the fight against UN…
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Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions
25 October 2017
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50th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism
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On 25 October 2017, the 50th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring…
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24 October 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme…
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20 October 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Bangladesh
Joel Millman, for the International Organization for Migration (…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria
19 October 2017
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The Secretary-General continues to follow closely the situation in Raqqa, Syria. He recalls the obligation of all parties to the conflictto protect civilians and abide by international humanitarian and human rights law. He also urges the parties to facilitate humanitarian access in order to allow aid to reach those in need without delay.The latest developments…
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Remarks by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura before meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
19 October 2017
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SE: Thank you, thank you very much. Well, I confirm this is a very good and timely moment for having this type of consultations - because we are clearly moving from the period of de-escalation into almost - and we hope forever - defeating terrorism, as defined by the UN.
Now it is the moment for the political…
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Remarks by the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, following a meeting with the Defense Minister of the Russian Federation
18 October 2017
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Question: Mr. de Mistura, are you satisfied with the outcome of the meeting?
Special Envoy: This meeting, like every meeting I have been having with His Excellency Minister Shoigu, has been very useful.
This was a very important and timely opportunity to discuss how to move from the…
