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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda Dr Anne Ancia, World Health Organization…

 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 the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Special Representative to the United Nations Secretary General in Somalia , and spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization, United Nations…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of UN Women, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme. The war in Ukraine is becoming deadlier for women and girlsSabine Friezer Gunes, UN Women Representative in Ukraine, speaking from Kyiv, said the people of Ukraine had lived through more than 1,500 days of…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of UN Women, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.Situation of Women and Girls in LebanonMoez Doraid, Regional Director for Arab States for UN Women, speaking from Beirut, spoke of the continued danger that women and girls faced as they attempted to return to their homes in southern Lebanon, under the perceived safety of the ceasefire. Despite this…

  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 Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.New Report on the…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Middle East crisis ripple effects strain aid efforts beyond region Carlotta Wolf, for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said the Middle East crisis had generated far reaching ripple effects well…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the International Federation of the Red Cross.Launch of the latest UNICEF Child Alert on DarfurRicardo Pires, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said UNICEF’s Child Alert reports combined hard…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Launch of the Global Report on Food Crises…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the Co-Chairs of the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, the Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, the Deputy Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, as well as the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the International Organization for Migration, the…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of UN Women, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Environment Programme.Lebanon-Israel ceasefireAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), read the following statement: “The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and commends the role of the United States in facilitating the ceasefire. He reaffirms the…