Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespeople for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, the World Bank Group, the United…

Mr. President [Amb. Elio Rosselli of Uruguay], Dear colleagues, 1. When I briefed you in April, we together saw two paths ahead: either international escalation and internal escalation and deeper intra-Syrian conflict; or international dialogue, cooperation on de-escalating and de-escalating the…

SdM: Let me read to you some comments and then of course I will take some questions, so don’t be intimidated by the formality of my comments. Today we concluded a sixth round of the intra-Syrian talks. You must have seen and you have seen, it was a short round and this was intentional. We wanted a…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee…

First statement: Earlier this week the Special Envoy informed the sides that he intended to establish a technical process to address constitutional and legal issues in the intra-Syrian talks. Having taken into account observations and moving beyond the initial discussions triggered by an internal…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office for the…

Following is a message by Michael Møller, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (17 May 2016): “Today we celebrate the International Day Against…

SdM: I have here with me Stephanie Koury, who is our director in the office we have in Damascus, and on my right side Ambassador Ramzi, who has just been back from a short mission to Damascus. This is basically a preparatory meeting in order for us to try to give you an idea in what direction we're…

Monique T.G. Van Daalen, the new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Van Daalen had…