Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, the World Health Organization, the International Drug Purchase Facility - Unitaid, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Meteorological Organization. Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria – Syrian…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Labour Organization, and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria. Ethiopian refugee crisis Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), informed that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, was visiting Khartoum as Sudan received a…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. 2020 Afghanistan Conference Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Resident Coordinator for Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Government, and Finland’s Special Envoy for the 2020 Afghanistan Conference.  Situation in the Horn of Africa Axel Bisschop, Representative of the United…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria and the World Trade Organization. Hurricane Iota hits Central America Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said Friday 13 November had marked the 50th…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme. Ethiopia – Conflict in Tigray region Rupert Colville, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that amid emerging reports of mass killings in the town of Mai-Kadra, the UN High Commissioner for Human…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Geneva announcements Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the International Telecommunications Union, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots Luca Russo, for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), informed that the joint FAO-WFP report…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Universal Periodic Reviews Alessandra Vellucci, on behalf of the Human Rights Council, said that the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group had begun its 36th session yesterday in the Assembly Hall. Under the circumstances, and given the latest COVID-19 measures, most speakers were participating via video message. Today, the Working Group was…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, UN-Habitat, and the International Labour Organization. COVID-19 testing for regional truckers in Kenya Paul Dillon, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), stated that thousands of truck drivers across Kenya were being tested for COVID-19 by the IOM, one element of a broader effort to reinvigorate regional economies feeling the socio-economic…