Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International…

JE: I have done this work of leading the Humanitarian Task Force for nearly three years, there has been too many setbacks, we have failed more often than we have achieved what we wanted, but there have been also some positive developments and we have two now that I would like to mention: First,…

SdeM: Hello everybody. It has been a long meeting so forgive me. We will have only two questions, why? Because you will have plenty of opportunity asking me very deep questions at my last briefing in November, so today, I want to focus on what we have just said. So, let me repeat some bottom…

Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency…

Lansana Gberie, the new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Gberie had been serving as a Political…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Germany, Mali, Argentina, Turkmenistan, South Africa and Cabo Verde The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations…

The 45th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place on 10 October 2018. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the GID, the Co--‐Chairs acknowledge the participants’ continued commitment to this unique mechanism, which allows them to meet and to address important…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Mauritania, El Salvador, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Niger, Benin, and Saudi Arabia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its seventy-ninth session, after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the…