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 Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Impact of a climate crisis on the world’s most vulnerable children Paloma Escudero, Global Director of Communications and Advocacy at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and head of UNICEF’s delegation at…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Human Rights Council. Food Price Index Upali Galketi Aratchilage, Senior Economist at the Markets and Trade Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), speaking…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and the Human Rights Council. Health update on Pakistan Dr. Richard Brennan, Regional Emergency Director at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaking from Cairo, said that over the past few weeks, flood waters had begun to recede across…

Michele Zaccheo 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 for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, and the World Health Organisation. Announcements Mr. Zaccheo announced several press conferences, including the launch of the 10th ILO Monitor on the labour impact of economic and geopolitical crises, under embargo until Monday, 31 October at 12 pm, Geneva time. Speakers include Gilbert…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Continued Deportation of Myanmar Asylum-Seekers from Malaysia Shabia Mantoo for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said UNHCR was seriously concerned over the continued deportation by Malaysia of asylum-seekers from Myanmar back to…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Meteorological Organization. Humanitarian crisis in Somalia Laura Turner, World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director in Somalia, reported that the WFP had been able to sustain a massive…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Devastating impact of continued hostilities on civilians in Ethiopia Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the High Commissioner for…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Rising food and fuel prices have led to growing civil unrest in Haiti Isheeta Sumra for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that unrelenting series of crises has trapped vulnerable Haitians in a cycle of desperation. Rising food and fuel prices have led to civil unrest bringing…

  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 30,000 flee clashes in DR Congo's west Angele Dikongue-Atangana, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), speaking from Kinshasa, said…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Update from northeast Ukraine Jens Laerke, for the Office for…