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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 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 World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission for Europe and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Cyclone Idai
Lola Castro, Southern Africa and India Ocean States Regional Director for the World Food Programme (…
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15 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 International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.
Attacks on mosques in New Zealand
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Director-General extended his condolences to the families and loved ones of all the victims in the day’s attacks on several mosques in New Zealand.
Joel Millman, for the…
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12 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization and United Nations Water.
Ethiopian Airlines accident
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, recalled that the previous day the Secretary-General…
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NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW ORGANIZATION PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
11 March 2019
Presentation of Credentials
George Papadatos, the new Permanent Observer of the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Mr. Papadatos has been serving since 2015 as the Head of Delegation and Permanent Observer of the European Public Law Organization in Geneva to the International Labour Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the…
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08 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 Human Rights Council, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.International Women’s Day
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that, in his message for International Women’s Day, the Secretary-General had stated that gender equality was fundamentally a question of power and that the balance would not begin to shift until…
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05 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 Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Conference on Trade and…
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01 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 Human Rights Council and the Economic Commission for Europe.Update on humanitarian needs in Syria 2019
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), made the following statement:
“The United Nations in Syria remains gravely concerned about the plight of thousands of civilians fleeing…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
01 March 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Silvia Elena Alfaro Espinosa, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Alfaro Espinosa had been serving as Director-General of Economic Promotion at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lima since August 2016. She was a Specialized Advisor at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru in Lima from December 2015 to July 2016.…
2 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
01 March 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Crispin Conroy, the new Permanent Observer of the International Chamber of Commerce to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Conroy had been working with the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) from June 2009 to November 2018. This included being Consul-General, Italy, and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Italy and Israel, based in Milan, from November 2016 to November 2018; Consul-…
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27 February 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 Food Programme.Central African Republic: Airlift of food in Zemio owing to the difficult situation in the region
Hervé Verhoosel, for the World Food Programme (WFP), made the following statement:
“Le Programme alimentaire mondial des Nations Unies a lancé une opération de transport aérien visant à fournir des denrées alimentaires vitales à 18 000 personnes à Zémio, une ville située à 1 000 km de…
