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UN Geneva Press Briefing: IOM, IFRC, OCHA, UNHCR, WHO, OHCHR, WMO, WFP, ITU - 26.06.26
🎥OCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, WMO and IOM: Response after the earthquakes in Venezuela.🎥WHO Update on health implications of earthquakes in Venezuela.🎥WFP's scaled up operations in support of the Ebola outbreak response, and critical importance of stabilizing livelihoods amidst persistent conflict, access challenges, and displacement.
Briefing with IPU Secretary General-Elect Anda Filip - 20.06.26
Anda Filip, the tenth Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), gave a press conference at UN Geneva. She will succeed Martin Chungong of Cameroon, whose third and final term ends on 30 June 2026. She is the first woman to hold the post in the IPU’s 137-year history.
UN Geneva Press Briefing: IOM, IFRC, OCHA, FAO, WFP, WHO, ECW - 23.06.26
🎥 Heat Wave in Europe; 🎥 FAO priorities in Syria; 🎥 ECW’s New Global Estimates Report ; 🎥Newborn screening can prevent birth defects becoming a growing cause of child death and disability; 🎥 Ebola outbreak; OHCHR on Sudan; 🎥 El Niño: an Appeal for Anticipatory Action; 🎥 OCHA: USD 10 million to gender projects in eight countries; 🎥 Announcements.
Special Address on the Global Response to the Climate and Energy Crises by the UN Secretary-General - 23.06.26
António Guterres draws on the latest scientific evidence to show how the worsening climate crisis and growing energy insecurity are rooted in continued fossil fuels dependence.
Happening at UN Geneva
62nd Session of Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.
It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
