Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agricultural Organization, and the International Telecommunication Union. Update on the situation in southern LebanonAndrea Tenenti, for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), speaking from Beirut, said since the last briefing, tensions across...

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, and the spokespersons of the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Humanitarian situation in UkraineMatthias Schmale, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, said that, as the 1,000-day mark was approaching since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in 2022, more than 12,000 people had been killed and...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, UN Women, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.1,000 days of full-scale war on UkraineKelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, said that she had visited Ukraine the previous week, where the war was continuing with vengeance and civilians caught in the...

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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the Food and Agriculture Organization.Human rights situation in GazaJeremy Laurence, for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR), informed that today, the OHCHR had published a report detailing the horrific reality that had unfolded for the people of Israel...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and the spokesperson of the World Health Organization.Update on the health situation in GazaDr. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, speaking from Gaza, said that in October the WHO had planned numerous missions to the north of Gaza, many of which had been cancelled or impeded. Over the last three weeks, nonetheless, the WHO had managed to conduct seven missions to...

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 Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization. Rising hunger in South SudanShaun Hughes, Deputy Country Director for the World Food Programme (WFP) in South Sudan, speaking from Juba, stressed criticality of advanced planning and funding for the WFP and the wider...

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 Director-General of the International Organization for Migration, and the representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Situation in SudanAmy Pope, Director-General of the International Organization 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 International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and United Nations Children's Fund.Lebanon Exodus UpdateRula Amin, Senior Communications Advisor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said a displacement crisis was unfolding in Lebanon and beyond. Intensified airstrikes had forced tens...

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 Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Ukraine's demographic crisis exacerbated by the warFlorence Bauer, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional...

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 Interim Force in Lebanon, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration.War in LebanonAndrea Tenenti, for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), speaking from Beirut, said that, after more than 12 months of exchanges of fire between Hizbullah and Israel,...