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Remarks by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura Following meeting with Minister Walid Al-Moualem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Remarks by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura Following meeting with Minister Walid Al-Moualem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic 24 October 2018 Statements and Speeches SdeM: Good afternoon. We had a long meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister al-Moualem, and during this meeting, we had a very frank and very intense exchange of opinions concerning the constitutional committee…

Near verbatim transcript of the opening remarks by the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa, at the Press Conference in Geneva – 23 October 2018

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Near verbatim transcript of the opening remarks by the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa, at the Press Conference in Geneva – 23 October 2018 23 October 2018 Press Conferences President of the United Nations General Assembly: This is my first press conference in my capacity as the President of the General Assembly in Geneva, when I assumed my post on 17 September. I am really delighted to visit the United Nations Office here in…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 23 October 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Central America…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 19 October 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United…

Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland 18 October 2018 Press Conferences JE: I have done this work of leading the Humanitarian Task Force for nearly three years, there has been too many setbacks, we have failed more often than we have achieved what we wanted, but there have been also some positive developments and we have two now that I would like to mention: First, Idlib. We have now had five weeks without any air raid, I can’t remember such a…

Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura 17 October 2018 Press Conferences SdeM: Hello everybody. It has been a long meeting so forgive me. We will have only two questions, why? Because you will have plenty of opportunity asking me very deep questions at my last briefing in November, so today, I want to focus on what we have just said. So, let me repeat some bottom lines, because I think these are the ones we will like to make…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 16 October 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the…

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

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 12 October 2018 Presentation of Credentials Lansana Gberie, the new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone 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. Gberie had been serving as a Political Economy…

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES ITS SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES ITS SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION 12 October 2018 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Germany, Mali, Argentina, Turkmenistan, South Africa and Cabo Verde The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 October 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 International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.SyriaAlessandra…