Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Telecommunication Union. Thousands of newly arrived Somali refugees in Ethiopia relocated to new settlement Olga Sarrado, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that the relocation of newly arrived refugees in the Somali…

Rolando Gomez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons from the Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council update Pascal Sim for the Human Rights Council (HRC) said today was the last day of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council. 21 draft resolutions would be considered today. 22 resolutions were adopted yesterday, 15 of which were adopted without a vote. This morning, the Council had adopted a resolution on the…

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Human Rights Council. Cholera and other health emergencies in Mozambique multiplied by Cyclone Freddy Dr. Severin von Xylander, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Mozambique, speaking from Maputo,…

Rolando Gomez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, and the Human Rights Council. Report on Enforced Disappearances in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Marta Hurtado, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), stated that a report published today by the UN Human Rights Office…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Plant Protection Convention, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Islamic giving helps the forcibly displaced Khaled Khalifa, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative to Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, informed that UNHCR had released its…

Rolando Gomez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Human Rights Council. Impact of the earthquakes on agrifood systems in Türkiye  Viorel Gutu, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Türkiye, speaking from Ankara, said that, since the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Cyclone Freddy in Malawi Paul Turnbull, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director in Malawi, speaking from Blantyre, said that on 12 March Freddy had hit Malawi, leading to heavy rains and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Cyclone Freddy in Malawi Paul Turnbull, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director in Malawi, speaking from Blantyre, said that on 12 March Freddy had hit Malawi, leading to heavy rains and…

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 World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Human Rights Council. Updated WHO list of countries experiencing shortage of health workers Dr. Jim Campbell, Director, Health Workforce, at the World Health…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio, TV and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Human Rights Council. Health and malnutrition situation in the Greater Horn of Africa Liesbeth Aelbrecht, World Health…