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…

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 World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme.Protection Needed for Congolese Fleeing Escalating Conflict in Eastern DRCPatrick Eba, Deputy Director, Division of International Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said UNHCR today issued a new position on returns to the eastern Democratic Republic of…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Trade and Development. Escalating attacks on education in HaitiGeetanjali Narayan, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Haiti, said in January this year, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in Haiti’s capital. With 284 schools destroyed in 2024, the relentless attacks on education were…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization. Update on the health situation in GazaDr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said the WHO polio campaign in Gaza was currently underway, with support from the Gaza Ministry of Health, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and other…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, UN Women, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Telecommunication Union. UNHCR launches appeal as alarming situation in DR Congo impacts BurundiBrigitte Mukanga-eno, United Nations High Commissioner…

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 of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Entrenched impunity fueling violations in SudanRavina Shamdasani, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),…

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 Refugee Agency, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the World Health Organization. Urgent support needed for hundreds of thousands without shelter in eastern DRCEujin Byun, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that the UNHCR was alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria.Situation in GomaJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), stated that thousands of people were leaving sites for internally displaced people in and around Goma and moving to areas…

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 UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Impact of US funding cuts on global HIV/AIDS fightChristine Stegling, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, stated that the sudden pause to US foreign assistance was a shockwave to the AIDS response and the global health infrastructure. While the Emergency Humanitarian Waiver issued by the US Secretary of State was welcome, there…

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 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Women, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Update on Assistance for Palestinian RefugeesJuliette Touma, Director of…