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…

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…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Bangladesh, Greece, Poland, and Togo The Committee against Torture this morning closed its sixty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bangladesh, Greece, Poland, and Togo, on the…

Thursday in the International Syria Support Group’s (ISSG) Humanitarian Task Force meeting, Member States were urged to use their influence to support the reduction of violence in northwest Syria, and to increase their support for critical humanitarian needs in Syria. It is deeply regrettable…

Arabic version Madame President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief this Council on the crucial issue of detainees, abductees and missing persons in Syria. In June this year, this Council unanimously adopted resolution 2474 on “Missing persons in armed conflict…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International…

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 World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Office of the Special Envoy for…

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 (UNICEF), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Situation in the Netherlands, Tajikistan, Nigeria, Mauritania, Paraguay and Equatorial Guinea The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the…