Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons of the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). 45th Human Rights Council Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), reminded that the urgent debate on the situation on Belarus was taking place at the Human Rights Council this morning.…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Development Programme. Present for questions were Spokespersons for the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Poisoning of Alexei Navalny Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that the High Commissioner welcomed the news that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny had emerged from…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 4 September 2020 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the Geneva United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Relief Works Agency, and the World Health Organization. Violence in Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), warned that a resurgence in violence and renewed tensions in the Democratic Republic of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Health Organization. Environmental impact of the Beirut explosion Jihan Seoud, Programme Manager at the Environment and Energy Programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lebanon, speaking from…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Present but not briefing were Spokespersons for the Food and Agricultural Organization, the International Labour Office, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, which was addressed by the Spokespersons of the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, and the World Meteorological Organization. Spokespersons for the International Labour Office, the International Organization for Migration, UN-Habitat and the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees were present but did not…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of 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 Health Organization, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. COVID-19 safety measures Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, informed that all those who participated in press events in room III…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and the World Meteorological Organization. Safer oil tanker off the coast of Yemen and situation in Bolivia Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), addressing the safer oil tanker off the coast of Yemen,…