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 Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council had opened on Monday 9…

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 Health Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council would begin on Monday 9 September. The session would be opened at 9 a.m. by the Council President, Mr. Coly Seck. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, would then provide an oral update on the activities of her…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Hurricane Dorian Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs & Education Cannot Wait, Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.United Nations United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was in Japan yesterday, 29 August, where he had participated in the 7th Tokyo International Conference on…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokesperson for the World Health Organization.Measles and rubella elimination in Europe Christian Lindmeier, for the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the press briefing on the measles and rubella elimination tomorrow, 28 August at 11 a.m. in Room III, with the participation of an expert from the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The briefing – which was under the embargo - would mainly focus on the European figures and the conclusions of the annual…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. Flooding in Sudan Jens Laerke, for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), read out the following statement: “Some 54 people have died as a consequence of heavy rains and flash floods that have hit Sudan since…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Libya Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), thanked everyone for participating in the successful World Humanitarian Day event the previous day. He then read the following statement: “At least 90 civilians have been killed and more than…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organization, and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.Education of Rohingya childrenSimon Ingram, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), gave the following statement:“Next week marks a bleak milestone for around half a million Rohingya refugee…

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 Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).UN Environment/CITES CoP18 Michael Williams said that CITES CoP18, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions Helen Durham, Director of International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), recalled that on 12 August 1949 the four Geneva Conventions had entered into force. Following the horrors of the Second World War, the international community in only four months, with…