Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization. Outcome of the Ministerial Meeting “Affordable, adequate, and resilient housing in liveable cities” Paola Deda, Director of the Forests, Land and Housing Division at the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), said that the Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development,…

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the Human Rights Council, and Education Cannot Wait. Update on northern Ethiopia Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that the WFP had completed its…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya and the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that on 28 September, there would be two panel discussions, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., on the situation of indigenous persons facing…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the TV and Radio Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the World Trade Organization. Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the Council had…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the Council’s programme for that day included an interactive discussion with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, whose report focused on enforced…

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Dire consequences for refugees from COVID-19 underfunding  Ann Burton, Chief of the Public Health Section at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that the UNHCR was calling for more global support for COVID-19 measures to help displaced people…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Human Rights Council. Humanitarian response in Afghanistan Tomson Phiri, for the World Food Programme (WFP), provided an update on the humanitarian response in Afghanistan. A humanitarian flight to Kabul had been completed on 12 September, which was a turning point as bringing humanitarian…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Human Rights Council. Afghanistan Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), reminded that the United Nations Secretary-General had called on the international…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.   Situation in Afghanistan Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), confirmed that the Secretary-General would travel to Geneva to convene a high-level humanitarian…