Good afternoon. I am here to make an appeal about the unfolding situation in Syria’s Idlib province. So much is at stake. It is absolutely essential to avoid a full-scale battle in Idlib. This would unleash a humanitarian nightmare unlike any seen in the blood-soaked Syrian conflict. Almost half…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Situation in Mozambique and Madagascar The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded this afternoon its twenty-ninth session after adopting the concluding observations and…

Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations…

Thank you Madam president for giving me back the floor. This time I really believe I need it because this meeting is potentially crucial -- like the, we were hoping and still hope the meeting in Tehran was and should be, and from what we are hearing there’ve been important discussions -- because…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High…

Madam President [US Ambassador Haley], 1. Thank you, Madam President, for this opportunity. We believe this is a very appropriate timing for doing it, particularly because the focus is on Idlib. We have been hearing it during these last few days, we are all terribly concerned. All the ingredients…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-ninth regular session from 10 to 28 September 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. At the opening of the session at 9 a.m. on Monday, 10 September, the Council will hear an…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

Staffan de Mistura: Thank you very much and good to be together with Jan on this, the subject is Idlib. Idlib is our first priority and our second priority is Idlib again because we are very concerned. So, I will make a few general comments and Jan will make his own, and I will open up for…

Morten Jespersen, the new Permanent Representative of Denmark 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. Jespersen had been serving as Under-Secretary…