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30 April 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Labour Organization.Update on the activities of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the…
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26 April 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.Cyclone Kenneth
Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said that, a few weeks after Cyclone Idai had wreaked havoc on central…
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23 April 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, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Telecommunication Union and the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.Attacks in Sri Lanka
Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), made the following statement:
“UNICEF is deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible violence directed…
2 years 4 months ago
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12 April 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 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Situation in the Sudan
Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), made the following statement:
“United Nations High…
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09 April 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 Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Labour Organization.Situation in LibyaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following statement issued on 8 April by Stéphane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:“The Secretary-General strongly…
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05 April 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 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union.Libya
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, drew attention to a tweet by the Secretary-General that morning, in which he stated that he was…
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02 April 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 Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ibrahima-Socé Fall, for the World Health Organization, speaking by telephone from Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that, as of 1 April 2019, there were 1,089 cases of Ebola virus disease in the…
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29 March 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Development Programme.Gaza
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), gave the following statement:
“Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations in the Gaza Strip. In this…
2 years 4 months ago
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26 March 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Cyclone Idai Djamila Cabral, WHO Representative of Mozambique for the World Health Organization (…
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22 March 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.
Cyclone Idai
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), made the following statement:
“In Mozambique, the official death toll has risen to at least 242 people, according to the Government, but…
