Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Millions of children fighting for survival in Pakistan Abdullah Fadil, Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Pakistan, speaking from Islamabad, stressed that the focus of the aid...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Clinical updates regarding COVID-19 Dr. Janet Diaz, clinical management lead for the COVID-19 response at the Heath Emergencies Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the latest WHO COVID-19 Living Clinical Management and Therapeutic guidelines made three new conditional recommendations on the isolation period: ten...

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 International Labour Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Suppression of protests in Iran Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), stated that criminal proceedings and the death penalty were being weaponized by the Iranian Government to...

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 of Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme. Myanmar political detainees Jeremy Laurence, for the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR), said the release of political prisoners in Myanmar was a relief to those unfairly detained, and their families. This was an opportunity to call...

Ms. Vellucci wished happy New Year to all participants and read excerpts of the New Year’s message from the Secretary General: “Ever new year is a moment of rebirth. We sweep out the ashes of the new year… In 2023 we need peace now more than ever… In 2023 let’s put peace at the heart of our words and actions. Together, let’s make 2023 a year when peace is restored to our lives, our homes, and our world.” Pakistan Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said the International Conference on Climate Resilience in Pakistan would take place next Monday January...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Health challenges in Ukraine Dr. Jarno Habicht, Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Ukraine, said that Ukraine’s health system was resilient, but was facing many challenges since the...

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 the spokesperson of the World Health Organization. Announcements Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service, informed that the 9th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention was continuing today. The meeting was public and being webcast at webtv.un.org. For the moment, there were no media activities scheduled around the conclusion of the Conference, but correspondents would be informed promptly...

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...