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…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Meteorological Organization. Yemen Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that about 20 million Yemenis were food insecure today, out of whom ten million were acutely food insecure. By the end of 2020, some 40 percent of the…

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 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Health Organization (WHO). Libya ceasefire agreement Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), informed that at 11.15 today the delegations of the Libya 5+5 Joint Military Committee would sign an agreement resulting from the deliberations that…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Trade Centre. Calls for solidarity, support and solutions for Rohingya refugees Andrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR),…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Central Sahel Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said the spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General had expressed disappointment for the reports of ceasefire violations from the region; these violations were unacceptable. The Secretary-…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Nobel Peace Prize 2020 Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), informed that the WFP had just been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Throughout the COVID-19…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, and Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and TV Section, at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Habitat, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 45th Human Rights Council Rhéal LeBlanc, speaking on behalf of the…