Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the World Meteorological Organization.Growing human rights crisis in Rakhine state in MyanmarElizabeth Throssell, for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR), stated that the OHCHR was receiving frightening and disturbing reports from northern Rakhine State in Myanmar of the impacts of the conflict on…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Trade and Development. Situation in UkraineDr. Jarno Habicht, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Ukraine, speaking from Kyiv, said that, as over the past two weeks, fighting in the Kharkiv region had severely escalated, over 14,000 people had been displaced,…

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Human Rights. Deteriorating situation in SudanRavina Shamdasani, for the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR), stated that the UN High…

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.Situation in GazaJason Straziuso, for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), informed that the ICRC and 11 Red Cross national societies had…

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Situation in the occupied Palestinian territoryGeorgios Petropoulos, Head of the Sub-office of the Office for the Coordination of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Office of the High-Commissioner for Human Rights.Situation in GazaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said that the previous night the UN Secretary-General had reiterated his pressing call to both the Government of Israel and the leadership of Hamas to go…

Rolando Gómez, of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing that was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Food and Agricultural Organization.WHO: Update on GazaDr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, speaking from Jerusalem, warned about the health…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. New report: The Impact of Six Months of Conflict on Children in LebanonJames Elder, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said the report underscored the suffering for children in Lebanon as the country was faced with a cascade of crisis, compounded by conflict. The report, “Caught in the Crossfire: the impact of six months of…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Mine Action Service, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization.27th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations AdvisersChristelle Loupforest, Officer in Charge of the Geneva Office for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Trade and Development, the United Nations Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Situation in Rafah and the West BankRavina Shamdasani, for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR), informed that today UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past few…