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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (also known as UN Women), the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Afghanistan Gender AlertSofia Calltorp for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN…

 Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. High Commissioner calls on Egypt to end “rotation practice”Thameen Al-Kheetan, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk had called on Egyptian authorities to put an end to a practice that allowed Government critics to be held arbitrarily and for…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, as well as representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Famine in GazaTom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, urged the media to read the new…

 Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the World Health Organization. World Humanitarian Day 2025 Alessandra Vellucci for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said that today the international community came together to celebrate, commemorate and remember humanitarian workers who risked their lives every day to…

 Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. Secretary-General appoints 12 new advisers to UN emergency fund CERFJens Laerke, for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said over the past 19 years the United Nations Emergency Fund (CERF) had channeled nine billion dollars to people in need in over 110 countries and…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives from the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar and the World Health Organization.IIMM Reports Progress in Investigating Serious International Crimes Committed in MyanmarNicholas Koumjian, Head of the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), said today, the IIMM was launching its seventh Annual Report, in which…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Mine Action Service, and UN Habitat.Humanitarian, health and security updates from Sudan and ChadJocelyne Knight, Protection Officer for Darfur at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), speaking from Port Sudan, stressed that the situation in Sudan was a massive protection crisis, and even more so in Darfur. The impacts of…

 Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, UN Women, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Situation in SudanSheldon Yett, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Sudan, speaking from Port Sudan, said over the past week, he had travelled from Port Sudan to Aj Jazeera and Khartoum State, witnessing the impact that…

 Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Parliamentary Union, the World Food Programme, UN Women, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Trade and Development, and the World Meteorological Organization. Sixth World Conference of Speakers of ParliamentMartin Chungong, International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretary General, said the Sixth World Speakers of Parliament was commencing today in Geneva, a conference…

 Michele Zaccheo of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Urgent support needed as over 1.3 million war-displaced Sudanese begin to return homeOthman Belbeisi, Regional Director for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),…