Rhéal LeBlanc, 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Winterization in Ukraine Jaco Cilliers, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Representative in Ukraine, stated that more…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Announcements Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Information Service, read out a message on behalf of Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, to remind that the Council were today holding a meeting to elect its bureau for 2023. The current president, Federico Villegas, would deliver his end-of-year statement…

Rhéal LeBlanc, 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 World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Drought and conflict force 80,000 to flee from Somalia to Kenya’s refugee camps Boris Cheshirkov, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that more than 80,000 people had arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps. The majority had arrived over the past two years, fleeing ongoing insecurity in Somalia and the unrelenting drought…

Rhéal LeBlanc, 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 from the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Food and Agriculture Organization. WHO: Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities Christian Lindmeier, for the World Health Organization (WHO), introduced Darryl Barrett, WHO Technical Lead for Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation. Mr. Barrett said that WHO would…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Television, Radio and Webcast Section within the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,United Nations Development Programme, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, and Unitaid. New UNDP Report on Internal Displacement…

Alessandra Vellucci , Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from UN Women, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, World Food Programme and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies . UN Women launches #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign in Geneva Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United…

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 Human Rights Council, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said the Human Rights Council’s Special Session on Iran would take place at 10am on 24 November, in Room XX and would last all…

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 Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization. Call for a ban on forced returns to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Elizabeth Tan, Director of International Protection, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that UNHCR had updated its return advisory for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reiterating its call for a ban on…

Rhéal LeBlanc, 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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the Human Rights Council. Ukraine/Russia: prisoners of war Matilda Bogner, head of the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, speaking from Kyiv, stated that over the past several months, the Monitoring Mission had…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Update on Ebola in Uganda [On 20 September 2022, Uganda has declared an Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan ebolavirus species, after the confirmation of a case in Mubende district in the central part of Uganda. ] Dr Janet…