Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The topics addressed were: COVID-19; situation in Libya; rescued vessel in the Bay of Bengal; and violence in the Democratic Republic of...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the virtual briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.COVID-19 pandemicMargaret Harris, for the World Health Organisation (WHO), responding to questions, said that while the central tenant of the WHO policy was “testing, testing, testing”, the implementation of this policy was up...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization. COVID-19: Situation in Libya Jens Laerke, for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. COVID-19: potential impact on the world’s...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations World Food Programme, World Health Organisation, United Nations Development Programme and the World Meteorological Organization. COVID-19 pandemic - humanitarian situation and responsesJens Laerke, for United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations World Food Programme, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Labour Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The President of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies also briefed the...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It was the first regular press briefing of UNIS Geneva fully conducted via the Zoom technology, with all speakers and journalists joining remotely. The topics addressed were: COVID-19; the Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire; the World Food...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Food Programme. Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, United Nations Water, World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe briefed by phone.COVID-19 pandemic Answering a question from journalists, Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that in the course of his virtual press...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (in person), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) (the last three by phone from Geneva). The topics addressed were COVID-19 and the east Africa locust infestation. COVID-19 Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service (UNIS), stated that, as the UN Secretary-General had said, the United Nations remained...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the World Health Organization (WHO). The topics addressed were: the Human Rights Council; situation in Idlib; Mozambique one year after Cyclone Idai; appeal for South Sudan refugees...