Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.  Safety of women in El Obeid, SudanAnna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, speaking from Nairobi, said that UN Women was…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. Ebola situation in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDr. Thierno Baldé, World Health Organization (WHO) Incident Manager for the Ebola Response, connecting from Bunia, provided an update on the Ebola outbreak caused by the…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and UN Women. Humanitarian and food security situation in El ObeidAbdallah Alwardat, World Food Programme (WFP) Sudan Country Director, connecting from Kosti, stated that El Obeid, normally a city of over half a million people, now had…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organization. UNHCR-Ipsos: Public support for refugees stable after 75 years of Convention protectionTrinh Tu, Managing Director at Ipsos UK, presented the findings of the joint UNHCR-Ipsos UK annual Global Attitudes to Refugees survey that was implementing since 2017. This year, the survey covered 29 countries and some…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from UN Women, the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.New UN Women report on the impact of aid cuts on women's organizationsSofia Calltorp, UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action, said UN Women was launching today a new report on the impact of aid cuts on women’s organizations, and on the women and girls that these organizations served.The report showed…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy, and spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Meteorological Organization.UN80 UpdateGuy Ryder, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy, said that today he had briefed Member…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Telecommunication Union.UNHCR warns Lake Chad Basin at critical tipping pointAndrew Wyllie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy Director for the West and Central…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Socio-economic assessment of the Ebola crisisDamien Mama, United Nations…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Pan American Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the International Telecommunication Union, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, and the…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, Education Cannot Wait, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Address by the UN Secretary-General at the London Climate Action WeekThe briefing started with…