Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Food and Agricultural Organization. WHO Announcements Margaret Harris for the World Health Organization (WHO), said today (November 17) was Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action, which aimed to raise awareness about the lifesaving ability of the Cervical Cancer vaccine. Tomorrow (November 18...

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 World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Floods Hit Somalis Recovering from Prolonged Drought Petroc Wilton, World Food Programme (WFP) Communications Officer in Somalia, said Somalia was a country at the epicentre of climate change, with the most...

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said on Wednesday the 17th of November, WMO would issue its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, which reported on the atmospheric concentrations of carbon...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Humanitarian crisis in Sudan Dominique Hyde, Director for External Relations at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), who had just returned from Sudan and South Sudan, reported on seeing despair and unimaginable humanitarian needs of too many people. The war had erupted without a warning...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy, representative and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Summit of the Future Guy Ryder, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy, informed that...

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 spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Sudan: Cholera, Dengue and Other Concurrent Outbreaks Ni’ma Saeed Abid, Sudan Representative, World Health Organization (WHO),...

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 World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Labour Organization and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Secretariat. Gaza Crisis Update Samer Abdeljaber, Country Director for Palestine, World Food Programme (WFP), said...

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and the World Health Organization. Dire humanitarian situation in Gaza Tamara Alrifai, for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), speaking from Amman, said that since 21 October, three convoys of humanitarian supplies had gone into the Gaza Strip with a total of 54 trucks. This breakthrough had come through after two weeks of a full...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. OPT/Israel update Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), stated that the Secretary-General had arrived in Egypt the day before as part of a humanitarian mission at a moment of profound crisis in the region. He had met with Egyptian Foreign Minister...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, and the World Meteorological Organization. Conflict in Gaza Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), stated that the seventh situation report by...