Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. COVID-19 updateDr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness & Prevention at the World Health Organization (WHO), stressed that COVID-19 was still very much with us and was circulating in all countries.…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Situation in GazaAnswering questions from the media, James Elder, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), stated that the blowing up of a large water facility in Rafah was yet another reminder of a blatant disregard for children’s rights. Without it, vulnerable children and their families would be forced once again to resort to consuming unsafe water. The…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Response to landslides in EthiopiaJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that OCHA staff were leading rapid assessment teams on the ground in Gofa Zone, South Ethiopia Region, which had been devastated by deadly landslides and heavy rainfall earlier in…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Health situation in GazaDr. Ayadil Saparbekov, Team Lead for Health Emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO) in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaking from Jerusalem, said that almost 40,000 people had been reported killed and 90,000 injured, according to the Ministry of Health. Only…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Situation in the Gaza StripJeremy Laurence, for the United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR), stated that, over the previous week, the people of Gaza had been subjected to a renewed wave of deadly Israeli air strikes and ordered to move yet again to supposed ‘safe places’ that were anything…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and UNAIDS.Health situation at the Chad-Sudan borderDr. Shible Sahbani, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Sudan, calling from Port Sudan, said that the previous week he had been to Adré, in the Chad-Sudan border area, as part of a high-level WHO mission. The Sudan crisis was currently the…

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, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization.Widening Health Catastrophe in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDr. Adelheid Marschang, Senior Emergency Officer, World Health Organization (WHO), said the current situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was catastrophic. In the past months, the DRC had faced…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Ukraine: Wave of Russian missiles strike Jeremy Laurence, for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said the United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk…

Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Meteorological Organization, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Health Organization. Update on Hurricane BerylVanessa Huguenin, for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said Hurricane Beryl was the strongest…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Trade…