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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, and the Human Rights Council. Hunger worsens in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), provided an overview of the situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva (UNIS) chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Mine Action Service, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the International Organisation on Migration, the World Health Organisation and the World Metrological Organisation. Update on the response to Kakhova Dam destruction Saviano Abreu, Head of communications in Ukraine, for…

Rolando Gómez, 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 and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the International Trade Centre and the World Meteorological Organization. Call to Re-Instate Humanitarian Access to Affected Communities in Myanmar Jens Laerke for United Nations…

Rolando Gómez, 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 and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross , International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Aftermath of the Kakhovka Dam Destruction Denise Brown, Humanitarian…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Update on the International Labour Conference Rosalind Yarde, for the International Labour Organization (ILO), said today was the second day of the International Labour Conference. The plenary discussions…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, and the World Health Organization. Opening of the International Labour Conference Rosalind Yarde, for the International Labour Organization (ILO), said ILO’s annual…

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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization. Conflict in Sudan Eddie Rowe, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director in Sudan, speaking from Port Sudan, informed that the first distributions of food assistance to Khartoum had started on 27 May; 15,000…

Rolando Gómez, 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 and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Labour Organization, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization. Humanitarian support in Ukraine Jens Laerkefor the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said as…

Rolando Gómez, 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 and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization. Cyclone Mocha update Ramanathan Balakrishnan, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i., United Nations Office for the…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of Unitaid, the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Affordable HIV treatments to generate over $7 billion USD in savings by 2030 Hervé Verhoosel, for Unitaid , said the global health agency had announced new estimates, projecting $7 billion USD in savings to health systems by…