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…

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization. Meeting of the COVID-19 IHR Emergency Committee Tarik Jašarević, for the World Health Organization (WHO), informed that the ninth meeting of the Emergency Committee for COVID-19, convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health…

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 Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme. Syrian…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Health Organization. Severe hunger in north-eastern Nigeria Thomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), warned that the WFP might soon be forced to cut food…

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya Marta Hurtado, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said the UN entity was extremely worried about the continued suffering of migrants and asylum seekers in…

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization. Outcome of the Ministerial Meeting “Affordable, adequate, and resilient housing in liveable cities” Paola Deda, Director of the Forests, Land and Housing Division at the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), said that the Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development,…

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the Human Rights Council, and Education Cannot Wait. Update on northern Ethiopia Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that the WFP had completed its…

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 United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya and the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human…