2 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 February 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations Section 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Visit to Geneva of the United Nations Secretary-General
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, informed that the UN Secretary-General would give opening remarks at the…
2 years 6 months ago
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19 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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization.Global refugee resettlementShabia Mantoo, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement: “New data released by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, shows that despite record levels of worldwide forced displacement, just 4.7 per cent of…
2 years 6 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Sexual violence in South Sudan
Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…
2 years 6 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NAMIBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
14 February 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Penda A. Naanda, the new Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment in Geneva, Mr. Naanda had been serving as the Director of the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation of Namibia, since October 2015. He was the Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Namibia to the…
2 years 6 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
14 February 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Masurai Masri, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam 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. Masri had been serving as High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam to Bangladesh since August 2016. She served as Senior Special Duties Officer, Technical Assistance Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from January 2013…
2 years 6 months ago
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12 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 World Food Programme on behalf of the UN Team in Rukban, Syria, and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (both by phone), the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the Economic Commission for Europe.Syrian Arab RepublicCorinne Fleischer, Rukban Convoy Team Leader and representative of the World Food Programme (WFP),…
2 years 6 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
07 February 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Sadık Arslan, the new Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Arslan had been serving as Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Turkey in Ankara since 2016. He was Turkey’s Ambassador to the Netherlands from December 2013 to 2016, and concurrently served as Permanent Representative of Turkey to the Organization…
2 years 6 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
05 February 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 Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Development Programme.Syria
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information…
2 years 6 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
01 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 United Nations Mine Action Service, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Food Programme.22nd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers
Lee Woodyear, for the United Nations Mine Action Service, said that representatives of nearly all the…
2 years 6 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ECUADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
28 January 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Emilio Rafael Izquierdo Miño, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Mr. Izquierdo Miño served as the Representative of Ecuador and National Coordinator to the Union of South American Nations from 2017 to 2018. He was Ecuador’s Ambassador in Uruguay from 2010 to 2016, and concurrently Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the Latin American Integration…
