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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…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
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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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
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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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
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…
2 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
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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Closing session of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem”
28 June 2019
Press Release
Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
CLOSING SESSION
CHEIKH NIANG, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations, remarked how, over the past two days, Palestinian, Israeli and international experts on the status of cultural and religious sites in Jerusalem had outlined the…
2 years 1 month ago
Plenary session (IV) of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem - “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem”
28 June 2019
Press Release
Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
PLENARY IV: WAYS FORWARD TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE SACRED CITY
AMMAR HIJAZI, Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs, State of Palestine, stated that Jerusalem was the heart and soul of Palestine, as well as a living testament to darkest and brightest hours of humanity. Wars and peace had been waged in its name.…
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Plenary session (III) of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem - “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem”
28 June 2019
Press Release
PLENARY III: JERUSALEM: HOLY TO THE THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS
BERNARD SABELLA, Former member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, sociologist and Executive Secretary of the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (MECC), speaking about challenges in the free access to holy sites in Jerusalem, stressed that the problem was not only preventing free access to faithful Muslims or Christians. The issue was much broader and had geopolitical considerations. Historically, after the occupation in…
2 years 1 month ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
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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Plenary session (II) of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem - “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem”
27 June 2019
Press Release
Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
PLENARY II: CHALLENGES TO SAFEGUARDING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF JERUSALEM
NAZMI AL-JUBEH, Associate Professor of History and Archaeology, Birzeit University, speaking about the protection of cultural sites under occupation, expressed a warm welcome to the participating civil society organizations from Israel and thanked them for their…
