Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the World Trade Organization, and the World Health…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded the examination of the initial report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Heidi Berner Herrera, Under-Secretary for Social…

JE: Thank you very much, we just finished a meeting with the ISSG task force on humanitarian access to Syria, we reviewed and compared progress this year compared to last year. 2015 did, in the first three months give us access to only one besieged area that was Yarmouk at the time. All the other…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and sixteenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Costa Rica and Rwanda. The concluding observations and recommendations on the seven country reports…

SG: High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and I have just taken part in an important meeting on sharing responsibility for Syrian refugees through pathways for admission. We are all aware that there is no substitute for a comprehensive and credible political settlement in Syria, and we welcome signs of…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Agency and the United Nations Refugee Agency. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General would be in Geneva on 30 March…

The Human Rights Council concluded its thirty-first regular session this evening after adopting 40 texts – 37 resolutions, two decisions and one Presidential Statement – on a wide range of issues, as well as its report for the session. The Council also adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic…

Moderator: Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for your patience. Here we are at the end of the first round of the Intra-Syrian talks. You’ve heard the UN Special Envoy almost every day since the beginning of these talks and tonight he intends to give you a wrap-up of where we are. A few…

Arabic versionExplanatory Note This is an Explanatory Note to the Special Envoy’s Paper on Points of Commonalities. It sets out what the official purpose is of the paper. During the course of talks the Special Envoy noted that certain commonalities existed between the two sides in relation to their…

The Geneva International Discussions have just concluded their 35th round. During the meeting, the participants reached an important agreement on the resumption of the work of the Gali / Gal Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM). At the same time, they appreciated the intense work going…