Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Unitaid, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, and the International Bureau of Education. Hunger in northern Ethiopia Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), stated that the number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Interparliamentary Union, the International Labour Organization, and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Twenty-fifth…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of Section, speaking for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of UNCTAD, OCHA, FAO, OHCHR and WHO. Madagascar humanitarian appeal Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said Madagascar was on the brink of the world’s first climate change famine and the UN and humanitarian partners had extended the Flash Appeal till May next year and raised the funding requirements by 200 per cent. As the crisis in the Grand Sud escalated in…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Parliamentary Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and UNITAID. Ethiopia: continued arrests and state of emergency Elizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said it was concerning that arrests had been continuing over the last week in the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Food Programme. Health situation in Afghanistan Margaret Harris, for the World Health Organization (WHO), speaking from Kabul, said that the WHO had continued to deliver help and…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. UN Alliance of Civilizations opens an office in Geneva Miguel Moratinos, High-Representative for the United Nations…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council’s special session on Sudan Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), informed that today from 12:30 p.m. the Council would hold a special session on the human rights situation in Sudan. It would be a hybrid meeting largely, with in-…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Development Programme.  Climate change Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service (UNIS), said that the previous day the Secretary-General had addressed COP26 in Glasgow, providing a blunt assessment of the world state of climate. Today, the Secretary-General would meet with five regional…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons of the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization.   COP26 Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service (UNIS), said that the Secretary-General was now in Rome, where he would attend the G20 Summit. He would stress to the G20 leaders that we were now at the “make-or-break” moment and underscore how we were off track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. He would emphasize how…

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 World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization. State of Climate in Asia Clare Nullis, for the World…