Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organisation, the International Telecommunication Union, the International Labour Organization, and the United Nations High Commissiones for Refugees.  Monkeypox Outbreak Dr Rosamund Lewis, Head, Smallpox Secretariat, World Health Organisation Emergencies Programme, said that there had been a multi-country outbreak of monkeypox. WHO had…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of UNAIDS, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization. Situation in the Sahel Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), referred to the Secretary-General’s remarks at the Security Council the previous day,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization. COVID outbreak in DPRK Elizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that the OHCHR was deeply concerned about…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespeople of the International Telecommunications Union and the World Health Organization. Announcements Santiago Mantorana, for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), stated that on 17 May, the ITU would celebrate the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) with a spotlight on older persons and healthy ageing. This annual celebration of information and communication technologies marked the founding of ITU and the signing…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing , attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights , the Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme,Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Situation in Ukraine Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council said that the Human Rights Council…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, speaking for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of UNICEF, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meterorological Organization (WMO). Situation in Ukraine and children’s mental health Rhéal LeBlanc, speaking for the United Nations Information Service, said the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres had…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization. Ukraine Dr. Dorit Nizan, Incident Manager for Ukraine at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaking from Zaporizhzhia, said that, along with other UN agencies, WHO was now expecting additional evacuees to arrive from the Mariupol area. UN and partners were working with the national and local authorities on this, and everyone was hoping for good…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing , attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Meteorological Organization, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, and the International Labour Organization. Bombing in Kyiv Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, responding to questions on a bombing that occurred in Kyiv while the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of theUnited Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Environment Programme. Ukraine Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), recalled that UN Secretary-General António Guterres was in Moscow for a working meeting and lunch with Foreign Minister Lavrov and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Health Organization. War in Ukraine Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, reported that High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Friday that the Russian invasion nearly two months ago had plunged Ukraine into a human…