Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Human Rights Council Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), speaking on behalf of the Human Rights Council, informed that this morning an interactive discussion on the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), announced that the Commission of Inquiry on Syria would hold a virtual press conference at 2 p.m. today. The Commission’s report on the events in…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the International Organization for Migration, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The pledging conference for Syria and the region Jens Laerke for the United Nations Office for the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Meteorological Organization. Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), informed that the Council had adopted a total of 40 resolutions, the list of which had been…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 43rd session of the Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), said that the current session, instead of finishing today, would continue on Monday, 22 June, which was due to the very long list…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Human Rights Council (HRC), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 43rd session of the Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), said that the Human Rights Council had resumed its forty-third session the previous day. The session had been interrupted on 13 March due to the coronavirus…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the Human Rights Council, the United Nation’s Children Fund, Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The topics addressed included COVID-19, the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, the situation in Yemen, a recent ruling on country citizenship laws…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the Human Rights Council (HRC).COVID-19: impact on the displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that massive funding gaps were threatening hundreds of…