Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and the International Labour Organization. Human Rights Council update…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, World Food Programme, the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, the United Nations Environment Programme. Conflict in Ukraine Ms Vellucci began proceedings by reading excerpts from a statement…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria and the World Health Organization. Tropical Cyclone Emnati expected to hit Madagascar Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said that Tropical Cyclone Emnati was forecast to make landfall on the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing which was attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Road Safety Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Human Rights Council. Worsening food crisis in the Sahel Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that the Sahel was currently experiencing some of its driest conditions in many years. In just three…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization. Drought in Somalia Victor Chinyama, Chief of Communication for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Somalia, said that the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa was hitting hardest in Somalia, where about 90 per cent…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing which was attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. Displacement in Myanmar Matthew Saltmarsh, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that the UNHCR was stepping up its emergency response to assist hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people in Myanmar as their number had crossed the 800,000 mark - doubling…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Labour Organization and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Drought in the Horn of Africa and the climate crisis Mohamed Malick Fall,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, and Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Tropical Cyclone Batsirai Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Development Programme. Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the universal periodic review (UPR…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and he World Health Organization. Myanmar – one year after the coup Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), informed that today the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet issued a…