10 Apr 2018 -  Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing Chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
SYRIA
*UNHCR - Andrej Mahecic
· UNHCR responds to escalating humanitarian needs in Syria

*UNICEF - Christophe Boulierac
· update on UNICEF response in Syria (collective shelters hosting IDPs from east Ghouta + displaced people from AFRIN)

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*OHCHR - Elizabeth Throssell
Libya – scale and horror of detention

*UNICEF - Marixie / Christophe Boulierac
· Briefing by UNICEF’s youngest Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan, who is attending the third global consultation on the refugee compact

*IOM - Olivia Headon, with Alejandro Guidi, IOM Senior Regional Advisor for the Americas
· Launch of regional action plan to strengthen response to Venezuelan outflows in the Americas and the Caribbean
· Mediterranean migrant update

*UNCTAD - Catherine Huissoud
· Announcement re press conference on Global Commodities Forum (23/24 April)
· E-commerce Week

*WHO - Fadela Chaid
· Announcement - press release this afternoon on yellow fever in Nigeria
· Reminder about press conference on breastfeeding