2 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 August 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 Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organization, and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.Education of Rohingya childrenSimon Ingram, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), gave the following statement:“Next week marks a bleak milestone for around half a million Rohingya refugee…
2 years ago
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13 August 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 Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).UN Environment/CITES CoP18
Michael Williams said that CITES CoP18, the Conference of the Parties to the…
2 years ago
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09 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), recalled that on 12 August 1949 the four Geneva Conventions had entered into force. Following the horrors of the Second World War, the international community in only four months,…
2 years ago
POINT DE PRESSE DU SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION (en anglais)
06 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Central African RepublicHervé Verhoosel, for the World Food Programme (WFP), introduced Ozaguin, a famous singer and songwriter from the Central African Republic, whom he had known for a long time. His songs spoke about…
2 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
02 August 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 World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE).Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had appointed Melissa Fleming of the United States as the next Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications…
2 years ago
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30 July 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 Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Ebola
Marixie Mercador, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), introduced guest Jerome Pfaffmann, Health Specialist at UNICEF. Mr. Pfaffmann said he had just finished his third deployment to the…
2 years ago
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26 July 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 spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).Ebola
Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Response Programme, informed that, at the one-year mark…
2 years ago
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23 July 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 World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).Heatwave
Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said that many parts of Europe were expecting to see another heatwave this week. A number of new temperature records were forecast. The German Weather Service had shared a map showing that large parts of…
2 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 July 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 spokespersons for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization of Migration (IOM), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). UNAIDSSophie Barton-Knott, for the Joint United Nations Programme on…
2 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 July 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 spokespersons for the World Health Organization (UNICEF) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). YemenRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that members of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) had held their fifth joint session from 14 to 15 July on board the vessel of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) on the high seas off Hudaydah. The parties were keen…
