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 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. Gaza UpdateAjith Sunghay, Head of the Office for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, (OHCHR) said civilians continued to face the brunt of the escalation in...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Situation in GazaAbeer Etefa, World Food Programme (WFP) Senior Communications Officer and Spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa, speaking from Cairo, said that three months into the conflict, the situation in Gaza was slipping into a much more catastrophic situation evidenced by waves of...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Meteorological Organization. Situation in GazaAjith Sunghay, representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, speaking from Gaza, said that another staggering...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, a representative of the World Health Organization and a spokesperson of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. New Secretary-General of the World Meteorological OrganizationCeleste Saulo, who had assumed her duty as the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) this month, stated that one of the most complex challenges faced by humanity was climate...

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and the International Labour Organization.Update on the Ukrainian Crisis and Announcement of the Launch of Joint 2024 Response PlansJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said on Monday, 15th January,...

Alessandra Vellucci 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 Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Health Organization. Monthly update on global food commodity prices (FAO Food Price Index)Monika Tothova, Senior Economist with the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), speaking from Rome, said the FAO food pricing index was released this morning at 10am. The index tracked the average of five commodity group price indices. From...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by a spokesperson and a representative from the World Health Organization. Global Dengue Situation Dr. Diana Rojas Alvarez, Team Lead on Arboviruses, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention Department, World Health Organization (WHO) Emergencies Programme, said dengue was the most common viral infection transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes and was mostly found in urban areas within tropical and sub-tropical climates...

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Meteorological Organization. Gaza "Most Dangerous Place on Earth for a Child" James Elder for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said the Gaza Strip remained the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. Day after day, that brutal...

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 International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme. UNICEF’s Global Humanitarian Appeal for Children Affected by Conflict and Disaster Ted Chaiban, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Executive Director, Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, said that in the entirety of his more...

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. Update on health issues in Gaza Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaking from Gaza, said in just 66 days, the health system had gone from 36 functional hospitals, to 11 partially functional hospitals; 1 in the north and 10 in the south. Just 29 percent of primary health care facilities were partially functional. Dr. Peeperkorn...