1 year 9 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 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 or representatives for the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Syria
Jenifer Fenton, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), said that, in a few days, the…
1 year 9 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Refugee arrivals in Iraq
Andrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement:
“A week after the first refugees…
1 year 10 months ago
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18 October 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, 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 World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration.Update on the situation in Iraq and northeast Syria
Andrej…
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15 October 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Development…
1 year 10 months ago
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11 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 a attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and…
1 year 10 months ago
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08 October 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 Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Development Programme, the Universal Postal Union, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the World Health Organization.Syria
Asked by journalists to comment on the…
1 year 10 months ago
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04 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 Economic Commission for Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Protests in Iraq
Marta…
1 year 10 months ago
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01 October 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Geneva SDG Lab, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Update on activities of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria
Jenifer Fenton, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, read the following statement:
“…
1 year 10 months ago
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27 September 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 International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Trade Organization.General Assembly update
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the General Assembly of the…
1 year 10 months ago
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24 September 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 Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, UN-Water, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Climate issues
Daniella Bostrom Couffe, for UN-Water, said that UN-Water was releasing a new policy brief entitled “Climate Change and Water”. It was available on the UN-Water website, and a press release had also been issued. The brief was being released in connection with the Climate Action Summit 2019, which…
