Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Parliamentary Union, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The topics addressed included COVID-19, the killings of civilians in the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Parliamentary Union, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The topics addressed included COVID-19, the killings of civilians in the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. COVID-19: logistics operation Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), informed that, since late January, the WFP had dispatched more than 10,000 cubic metres of…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The topics addressed were COVID-19, the situation in Yemen, and a camp blaze in Eastern Nigeria.COVID-19: High-level event on financing solutions and other matters Rhéal LeBlanc…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency. The topics addressed were: COVID-19 and the situation in Yemen.COVID-19 and urban refugees in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa Charlie Yaxley, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that refugees in urban areas across the East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa were struggling to…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization, and the World Meteorological Organization. The topics addressed were the cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh, the Atlantic hurricane season, and COVID-19.Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the World Health Organization. The…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Telecommunications Union, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration. The topics addressed were the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the situation in Rohingya camps, Bangladesh, Libya and Central America, as well as on…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Health Organization (WHO). The topics addressed were COVID-19, violence in Nigeria, situation in Ukraine, and a global seasonal climate…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The topics addressed were the COVID-19 pandemic, the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the upcoming World Health Assembly, the surging violence in eastern Congo, the escalating…