Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was a attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Poland, concluded today its eighty-sixth session. At this session, Belgium was elected as Vice-President of the Council and will serve until the end of 2020. Delegations from Iraq, including the Head…

The Secretary-General is following with great concern recent statements regarding northeastern Syria, in particular the risk to civilians from any potential military actions. He calls on all parties to exercise maximum restraint. The Secretary-General emphasizes that civilians and civilian…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its eighty-sixth session on 8 October 2019 under the Presidency of Ambassador Zbigniew Czech, Permanent Representative of Poland. Delegations from Iraq, including representatives from Iraq’s Committee of Financial…

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 Economic Commission for Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the…

The United Nations is today releasing the agreed Terms of Reference and Core Rules of Procedure for a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee to be facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva. ​They can be found here https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/775, in…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique, Portugal and the Republic of Korea under the Convention, and the Reports of Georgia and Panama under the Optional Protocols The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its eighty-…

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 International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations…