Edited News | WMO
More blistering heatwaves and other weather extremes are increasingly likely across the world now and in coming months linked to strengthening El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
Press Conferences | WHO , UNHCR , IOM , WMO
Christian Lindmeier and Dr. Søren Brostrøm discuss WHO updates; UNHCR warns of crisis in Lake Chad.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk this morning addressed the 62nd Human Rights Council during the urgent debate on the human rights situation in and around El Obeid, in Sudan.
Statements , Conferences | HRC , OHCHR
Urgent debate to address the human rights situation in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan
Edited News | UNHCR , WHO
Venezuela earthquake aftermath: ‘breakdown of basic services’, disease risks and health workers missing – UN agencies As search and rescue operations continue in Venezuela thousands of displaced people are struggling to find shelter while infectious diseases threaten to spread, UN humanitarians...
Press Conferences | HRC , UNCTAD , UNDP , UNECE , UNHCR
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for...
Statements , Conferences | HRC , OHCHR
Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on oral update of Commission of Inquiry on North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today addressed the 62 Human Rights Council and made the following remarks on the report on Venezuela.
Statements , Conferences | HRC
Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on his report on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN Human Rights Office on Friday called for action to prevent more deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, as well as for investigations and accountability.