The Secretary-General welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2268 by the Security Council, which endorsed the Joint Statement of the United States and the Russian Federation, as Co-Chairs of the ISSG, on the Cessation of Hostilities in Syria, and the demand that it begins at 00:00 Damascus…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-first regular session from 29 February to 24 March in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will address the…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and TV Section at the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Mine Action Service, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization and World Trade…

Arabic version The second meeting of the Task Force on Humanitarian Access in Syria will take place tomorrow at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The meeting will be co-chaired by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, and Mr. Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor to the Special…

The sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 22 to 26 February 2016 in Room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session the Committee, will continue its discussions on thematic studies requested by the Council, including on activities of…

(Damascus, 16 February 2016) Yesterday, reports indicate that six hospitals and one primary health care facility were damaged or destroyed in air attacks in northern and southern Syria, including the only operational hospital in Azaz, cutting off health services to tens of thousands of people and…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. Geneva…

Meeting in Munich on February 11 & 12, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, China, Egypt, the EU, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the…

In accordance with the decision of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the United Nations hosted today the first meeting of the Task Force on Humanitarian Access in Syria, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor to the United Nations…