Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food Programme, World…

(Near verbatim transcript)JSRS : Good evening to you. I do apologise for being late. I am sure you have heard already that today we have met only in the morning but not in the afternoon, and I am sure you have heard all sorts of explanations. And I am sure you are going to ask me all…

JSRS : Thank you again for your patience and your interest. We had another meeting in the morning with the two parties in the same room and a meeting with each party alone with me, in the afternoon. I would like to make an observation about some of the people that are talking to the media. It’s…

Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar Brahimi - Geneva, 26 January 2014(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS: Good afternoon everyone. Today we had a meeting with the two parties together in the morning, and a meeting with each side alone in the…

Transcript of press conferenceby Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar BrahimiGeneva, 25 January 2014 (Near verbatim transcript.) JSRS: Good evening ladies and gentleman. Thank you very much for coming again. What I have to report is that we had two sessions today, in the same…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Intergovernmental…

Transcript of press conferenceby Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS) Lakhdar BrahimiGeneva, 24 January 2014 (Near verbatim transcript.) Joint Special Representative for Syria (JSRS): Good afternoon, or good evening, I don’t know. Thank you very much for being here. As you know, we…

Ney Samol, the new Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ney had been serving as Director of the…

The eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 27 January to 7 February during which 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $1.03 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…