Geneva, 26 August 2016 - The situation regarding Darayya is extremely grave. It is tragic that repeated appeals to lift the siege of Darayya, besieged since November 2012, and cease the fighting, have never been heeded. The Special Envoy has been made aware overnight of an agreement to evacuate…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Greece, United Kingdom, Paraguay, South Africa, Lebanon, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Pakistan The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination closed its ninetieth session this afternoon after adopting its concluding observations and…

Arabic version GENEVA (Issued as recieved) – In light of the gravity of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Yemen, and given challenges faced by the national commission of inquiry, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al…

SdeM: Thank you, we are waiting for Yacoub El Hillo who is on his way, because we want to give him a chance today, as it is his last day, as you know, in his current capacity and therefore, we had at the humanitarian task force the opportunity of thanking him and to wish him also the best for his…

Genève, 25 août 2016 – Le Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, Michael Møller, a tenu aujourd’hui sa première rencontre officielle avec le Maire de Genève, Guillaume Barazzone, depuis la nomination de ce dernier en juin. M. Møller a pris cette opportunité pour féliciter M.…

Yackoley Kokou Johnson, the new Permanent Representative of Togo 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. Johnson had been serving as Ambassador of…

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

Amran Mohamed Zin, the new Permanent Representative of Malaysia 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. Zin had been serving as Malaysia’s…

Aviva Raz-Shechter, the new Permanent Representative of Israel 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. Raz-Shechter served as the Deputy Director…