Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, and the International Labour Organisation. Human Rights Council Update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, briefed the press on the Human Rights Council agenda of the day. At 9 a.m. the Council had heard a…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organisation, and the representatives of the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Situation in Sri Lanka Christophe Boulierac, spokesperson for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), introduced Tim Sutton, Representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sri…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Human Rights Council, the Anti Personnel Mine Ban Convention, and the World Trade Organization.Paris Agreement Mr. LeBlanc quoted the statement of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General issued…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development.Bangladesh…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespeople for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.UNICEF’s Appeal to G7 Leaders Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), speaking by phone from Sicily, said that UNICEF would be meeting with G7 representatives in the coming days. The summit was…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, the World Bank Group, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Laura Ngo Fontaine, for the International Federation of the Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies (IFRC), introduced Dr Julie Hall, Director of Global Health at IFRC. Dr…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Syria On behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), Ms. Vellucci said that the intra-Syrian talks were continuing today and there would be a press conference of the Special Envoy at…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Syria On behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), Ms. Vellucci said that the intra-Syrian talks had resumed as planned this morning. The delegation of the Government of Syria had arrived…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization.Iraq Andrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that UNHCR had opened a new camp, Hasansham U2, in northern Iraq this week to shelter an increasing number of Iraqi families fleeing the fighting in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Health Organization.Syria Michael Contet, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), spoke about the announcement made on 8 May that Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura had decided to reconvene the intra-Syrian talks with a…