Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Human Rights Council. Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria Louisa Vinton, for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), speaking from Gaziantep, described…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 3 March 2023 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 World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Federation…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), informed that the 52nd session had started on 27 February, hearing…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Announcements Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said Monday,…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reminded of the flash appeal for…

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 World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children's Fund, Education Cannot Wait and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria Ms. Vellucci read out a statement from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who welcomed the decision yesterday by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio, Television and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria Corinne Fleischer, World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director in the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Eastern Europe, speaking from Cairo,…

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 for the Coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the International Telecommunications Union. Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Telecommunication Union. World Cancer Day: WHO Launches Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Noncommunicable Diseases Department, World Health Organization (WHO), said that today, to mark World Cancer…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization. Announcements Sarah Bel, for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), informed that on 6 February at 2:30 p.m., there would be a hybrid press conference to launch new UNDP report on violent extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa and Arab States - Journey to and from Extremism: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement. Speakers would be Achim Steiner, UNDP…