1 year 8 months ago
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29 November 2019
Bi-Weekly 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Concerns for trapped civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Charlie Yaxley, for the United…
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26 November 2019
Bi-Weekly 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 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General of the United Nations in Berlin
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said the Secretary-General was currently in Berlin, Germany, where he was attending the opening ceremony of the…
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22 November 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, (later replaced by Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service in Geneva), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.…
1 year 9 months ago
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19 November 2019
Bi-Weekly 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 Environment Programme, World Food Programme, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Labour Organization, World Health Organization and International Parliamentary Union.Iran
Rupert Colville, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), read the following statement:
“We are deeply concerned by reported violations of international norms and…
1 year 9 months ago
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15 November 2019
Bi-Weekly 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council update
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, speaking on behalf of the Human Rights Council, said that the Universal Periodic Review Working Group would conclude its 34th session that afternoon, having first adopted…
1 year 9 months ago
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12 November 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Update on the Human Rights Council
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that on the morning of 12 November, the Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review was reviewing the human rights…
1 year 9 months ago
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08 November 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in addition to the Permanent…
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05 November 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.Update on the Syrian Constitutional Committee
Jenifer Fenton, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, read the following statement:
“On…
1 year 9 months ago
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01 November 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Syrian Constitutional Committee and situation in Syria
Jenifer Fenton, for the Office of the…
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29 October 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Food Programme.Syrian Constitutional Committee
Jenifer Fenton, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, said the delegations from the Syrian-led and Syrian-owned Constitutional Committee had arrived in Geneva…
