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 of the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Universal Periodic Review Rhéal LeBlanc, speaking on…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Ethiopian refugees in Sudan Axel Bisschop, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), speaking from Khartoum, said that he had just returned from the east part of Sudan, where a recent influx of refugees from Ethiopia had taken place. The influx, which had started…

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 International Labour Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Unitaid. Food security situation in southern Madagascar Lola Castro, Regional director for Southern Africa and Indian Ocean States for the World Food Programme (WFP), said three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic had…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Also present this morning, as a special guest, was Assistant Secretary-General Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser…

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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Geneva announcements Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), speaking on behalf of the World Health Organization, said the Director-General of WHO would give a regular press conference today at 5.30 p.m. An invitation would be sent to journalists this morning…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the World Food Programme. Situation in Tigray, Ethiopia Andrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that, together with 30 humanitarian partners, UNHCR was releasing today an urgent appeal for USD 156 million. The requested funds were needed to meet the critical humanitarian needs of Ethiopian refugees fleeing the conflict in Tigray through…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Situation in Mozambique Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), stated that the UN and partners today launched an appeal for…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Announcements Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service, announced that the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, would brief the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, Unitaid, and the World Health Organization. Climate Action Summit 2020 Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), informed that on 12 December, the United Nations, the United Kingdom and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization, and the European Broadcasting Union. Situation in Tigray, Ethiopia Responding to a question, Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service, said that the UN Secretary-General was very concerned about the current…