Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS the United Nations Development Programme and the Human Rights Council. Race to support surge of refugees fleeing Darfur Pierre Honnorat, Country Director for Chad for the World Food Programme (WFP) spoke from a refugee camp in Goz Beida, Chad, noted that arrivals from Sudan to Chad were increasing with 20,000 arriving in the last week to…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, , chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the International Telecommunications Union and the World Meteorological Organization.…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Telecommunication Union. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, also participated. Update on the humanitarian situation in Jenin and the Occupied…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Human rights situation in Myanmar Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), informed that the OHCHR was issuing today a report on the human rights situation in Myanmar. The…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Human Rights Council. Arbitrary detention of civilians in the Ukraine conflict Matilda Bogner, Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine , speaking from Uzhgorod, said that the report that the OHCHR was releasing today focused on arbitrary detention of civilians in the context of the Russia’s…

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 of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Human Rights Council. Occupied West Bank violence risks spiraling out of control Jeremy Laurence, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), informed that today UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned that this week’s violence in the Occupied…

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 representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, and the Human Rights Council. Hunger worsens in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), provided an overview of the situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva (UNIS) chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Mine Action Service, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the International Organisation on Migration, the World Health Organisation and the World Metrological Organisation. Update on the response to Kakhova Dam destruction Saviano Abreu, Head of communications in Ukraine, for…

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 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the International Trade Centre and the World Meteorological Organization. Call to Re-Instate Humanitarian Access to Affected Communities in Myanmar Jens Laerke for United Nations…

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 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross , International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Aftermath of the Kakhovka Dam Destruction Denise Brown, Humanitarian…