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12 July 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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Meteorological Organization. Secretary-General’s travelsAlessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary General was in Mozambique, where he had met the President. He had congratulated the Government and the people of Mozambique for…
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09 July 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 Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Human Rights Council updateRolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the Council was exhausting the final list of speakers for the general debate on racism, discrimination and xenophobia and should start on its next interactive discussion around 11.15 a.m., on the human rights…
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05 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 Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. Announcement by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, was scheduled to hold a brief press stakeout outside Room XX, following the Human Rights Council’s…
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02 July 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 World Food Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization. International Telecommunication UnionSophie Maddens, for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), announced the 19th Global Symposium for…
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28 June 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 Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.
Situation facing migrants in the north of Bosnia
Katarina…
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25 June 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, UN-Women, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.Human Rights Council update
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the Vice Governor of Xinjiang, China had given an address at the Council that morning. Owing to the very large number of States and non-governmental organizations scheduled to take the…
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21 June 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 International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme.Update on the itinerary of the Secretary-General
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the…
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18 June 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 Labour Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Food Programme.Update on the International Labour Conference
Rosalind Yarde, for the International Labour Organization (ILO), said that there would be a number of high-level visits during the International Labour Conference on 19…
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14 June 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 Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Meteorological Organization.
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, speaking on behalf of the International Labour Organization (ILO), said that the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, would give a keynote speech at the…
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11 June 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.Update on the International Labour Conference
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, confirmed, on behalf of ILO, that Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was due to speak at the Conference at approximately 6.45 p.m. that day following her expected arrival at the Palais des Nations at 6.20 p.m. Journalists should contact the ILO press team or UNIS for further…
