Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. World Drowning Prevention Day Dr. David Meddings, Department of the Social Determinants of Health, at the World Health Organization (WHO), reminded that the first World Drowning Prevention Day had been marked in 2021. Drowning remained a major – and overlooked – global…

Alessandra Vellucci,Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by a representative from the World Health Organization. Update on Dengue Outbreaks Raman Velayudhan, Head of the Unit coordinating the dengue and arbovirus initiative, Global Program on Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO), said dengue was the most common viral infection that spread from mosquitoes to people. Most people who contracted dengue for the first time did not have symptoms, and most of those who did, recovered…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Immunization services rebounding in some countries Dr. Kate O'Brien, Director, Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, at the World Health Organization (WHO), said that each year WHO and…

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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Mounting violence against women and girls in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

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…