Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Parliamentary Union, the World Food Programme, UN Women, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Trade and Development, and the World Meteorological Organization. Sixth World Conference of Speakers of ParliamentMartin Chungong, International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretary General, said the Sixth World Speakers of Parliament was commencing today in Geneva, a conference…

 Michele Zaccheo of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Urgent support needed as over 1.3 million war-displaced Sudanese begin to return homeOthman Belbeisi, Regional Director for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),…

 Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Parliamentary Union.Update on OPTJuliette Touma, for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), speaking from Amman, expressed sympathy with the WHO for the events…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.UN Refugee Agency report on aid cutsDominique Hyde, for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said today UNHCR were releasing a new report, “On the Brink”. Currently, there was a deadly cocktail of increasing forced displacement and financial aid cuts, and UNHCR was extremely concerned for refugee…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and the World Health Organization.Situation in the occupied Palestinian territoryJuliette Touma, for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), speaking from Amman, provided the latest health data from the Gaza Strip. UNRWA medical teams confirmed that malnutrition rates were increasing in Gaza, since…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization.Largest Influx of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh since 2017Babar Baloch, for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said the Agency and humanitarian partners were mobilizing to respond to the needs of 150,000 Rohingya refugees who had…

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the International Trade Centre, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, and United Nations Trade and Development.Impact of United States Tariffs 90 Days after PausePamela Coke-Hamilton,…

 Rolando Gómez, of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the Organisation Internationale pour la Francophonie, and the GIGA Connectivity Forum. Needs grow as 1.4 million return to Afghanistan in 2025Arafat Jamal, UNHCR’s Afghanistan Representative in Kabul,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations in Iran, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Meteorological Organisation, and the International Federation of the Red Cross. UN Development and Humanitarian Assistance in IranStefan Priesner, UN Resident Coordinator in Iran, addressed how the United Nations development and humanitarian system had dealt with the conflict and how it was adapting…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organisation, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Meteorological Organisation.  Hostilities in the Middle EastRik Peeperkorn, Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the World Health Organization (WHO), said from Jerusalem that concerning the West Bank, WHO wished to stress…