Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations…

SdeM: Thank you very much. I will take questions of course, that is why I will just give you a little bit of a summary here. This round of talks in Geneva is number 8, and we are planning to have it lasting up to the 15th of December. As you remember the intention was to actually have them for…

Arabic version Special Envoy de Mistura recalls his previous requests that delegations participating in the intra-Syrian talks refrain from statements aimed at delegitimising other invitees.Having however noted unhelpful statements in recent days, he urges the cessation of such statements. The…

The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on "the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslim population and other minorities in the Rakhine State of Myanmar" on Tuesday, 5 December starting at 10 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The special session is being convened…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the 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 World Health Organization, the World Meteorological…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the 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 World Health Organization, the World Meteorological…

51st meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian Version On 28 November 2017, the 51st meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the United Nations chairmanship with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, 1. I am briefing you from Geneva, as we are preparing for round 8 of the UN-convened intra-Syrian talks. Let me explain how we got here over the past month, and the approach to the talks at the moment. 2. Last month, you remember, I said: after…

UN Special Envoy de Mistura takes note of the conclusion of the expanded opposition conference hosted and facilitated very effectively by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. He notes the broad and inclusive participation in this conference, including all opposition components identified in…

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