1 year 10 months ago
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20 September 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 spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Marta Hurtado, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), read the following statement:
“We are alarmed by the…
1 year 11 months ago
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17 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 Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Universal Postal Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization; the briefing also hosted the President of the Swiss Associations of Student Organizations for Sustainability.United Nations Youth Climate Summit
Alessandra Vellucci, for the…
1 year 11 months ago
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13 September 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 Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that on Friday, 13 September, at 10 a.m., the Council would continue…
1 year 11 months ago
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10 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 Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council had opened on…
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06 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 Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council would begin on Monday 9 September. The session would be opened at 9 a.m. by the Council President, Mr. Coly Seck. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, would then provide an oral update on the activities of…
1 year 11 months ago
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03 September 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Hurricane Dorian
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United…
1 year 11 months ago
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30 August 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 World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs & Education Cannot Wait, Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was in Japan yesterday, 29 August, where he had participated in the 7th Tokyo International Conference…
1 year 11 months ago
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27 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokesperson for the World Health Organization.Measles and rubella elimination in Europe
Christian Lindmeier, for the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the press briefing on the measles and rubella elimination tomorrow, 28 August at 11 a.m. in Room III, with the participation of an expert from the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
The briefing – which was under the embargo - would mainly focus on the European figures and the conclusions of the annual…
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23 August 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 Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. Flooding in Sudan
Jens Laerke, for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), read out the following statement:
“Some 54 people have died as a consequence of heavy rains and flash floods that have hit Sudan since…
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20 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Libya
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), thanked everyone for participating in the successful World Humanitarian Day event the previous day.
He then read the following statement:
“At least 90 civilians have been killed and more…
