Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the UNTV, Radio & Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization. Ukraine Denise Brown, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, speaking from Kharkiv, said this was her third week in Ukraine, and she was currently visiting the northeast of the country to assess the humanitarian…

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 Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Six months of the war in Ukraine Dr. Jarno Habicht, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Ukraine, speaking from Dnipro, said that the past six months had had a devastating impact on the country. The war had put Ukraine’s…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of WHO, OCHA, and UNHCR. Secretary-General Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service, said that at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, was in Lviv, Ukraine on Thursday to attend a trilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkïye and the Ukrainian leader. Today the Secretary General was in Odesa, where he would…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by the spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Repatriation of Syrian refugees from Lebanon Responding to a question from a journalist, Shabia Mantoo, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), reiterated the UNHCR principle that every refugee return had to be voluntary. Syrian refugees across the region were telling UNHCR that they remained concerned…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio, TV and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. International Youth Day Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service, recalled the Secretary-General’s message on the occasion of International Youth Day, in which he had underscored the power of partnerships across generations, stating that this year’s theme…

Martha Newton, ILO Deputy Director-General. Niall O'higgins, Sr Employment Research & Technical Specialist (EMPLAB) Kee Beom Kim, Macro-Economic and Employment Policies Specialist (EMPLAB)

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, and Unitaid. Increased number of premature births reported in Ukraine Herve Verhoosel, for Unitaid, said that the conflict in Ukraine had seen many hospitals damaged or destroyed, putting thousands of newborns at high-risk of disability or death from a lack in access to oxygen,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing. Mr. LeBlanc announced that on Thursday, 11 August at 10 a.m., the International Labour Organization (ILO) would hold a virtual press conference to launch its Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022 report. Speaking at the press conference would be Martha Newton, Deputy Director-General; Niall O'Higgins, Senior Employment Research and Technical Specialist; and Kee Beom Kim, Macro-Economic and Employment Policies Specialist. The Committee on the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Appeal for the Horn of Africa Ibrahima Soce Fall, World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General for Emergencies Response, joining the press briefing from Dakar, said that more than 80 million people in the greater Horn of Africa were facing food insecurity not seen in decades, with millions at risk of starvation. The combination of increased…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and the representatives of Unitaid, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. New agreement on generic production of injectable HIV-prevention drugs Herve Verhoosel, for Unitaid, reminded that in March 2022 Unitaid had called on the pharmaceutical industry to facilitate equitable access to long-lasting HIV prevention solutions. Today, Unitaid was pleased to…