Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat.Myanmar recoveryTiton Mitra, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Representative in Myanmar, speaking from Mandalay, said that the death count in the country had exceeded 3,500 people, with...

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 Mine Action Service, the International Organization for Migration, the International Trade Centre, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Humanitarian situation in MyanmarRavina Shamdasani, for the Office of the High Commissioner for...

 Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Populations Fund, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Myanmar EarthquakeMarcoluigi Corsi, UN Myanmar Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i...

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, UN Women, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Humanitarian situation in GazaJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), stated that it had been ten days since the return to a full war in Gaza and a callous disregard...

 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 Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Institute on Disarmament Research, UNICEF/Giga, and the World Health Organization.Situation of children in Yemen after ten years of conflict and other maters on childrenPeter Hawkins, Representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Yemen, connecting from Sana'a, spoke about the impact of the...

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.War in GazaSam Rose, Deputy Director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), speaking from Gaza, said that the previous night was 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 the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization. Situation in GazaRolando Gómez, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), stated that the UN Secretary-General was shocked by the Israeli overnight airstrikes in Gaza, in which...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the TV, Radio and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, United Nations Trade and Development, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Humanitarian situation for children in SudanLucia Elmi, Director of Emergency Operations at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), speaking...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the TV, Radio and Webcast Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization.Recent violence in Syrian coastal areas Thameen Al-Kheetan, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that reports continued to emerge of the distressing scale of violence in Syria’s coastal region since 6 March. The UN Human...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UN Women, the International Labour Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.Urgent support needed as 1 million displaced in north-west Syria yearn for home Celine Schmitt, Senior Communications Adviser for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), speaking from Damascus, stated that up to 1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) living in camps and...