Edited News , Press Conferences | UNHCR , UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
Western Niger attack leaves 1,100 people ‘on the run’, warns refugee agency. A vicious attack by an armed gang on vulnerable refugees and host communities in western Niger has left more than 1,000 people “on the run”, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, the latest violence in the troubled...
Edited News , Press Conferences | WHO , UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
European COVID infections indicate ‘east-west divide’: WHO. Europe is seeing a “steady” decline in COVID-19 infections, although the generally positive trend has not happened in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe, the UN health agency said on Tuesday.
Press Conferences | UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , UNOG , WFP , UNCTAD
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United...
Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , UNOG , WFP , IOM
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health...
Edited News | WFP
Millions in Latin America and the Caribbean at risk of severe food insecurity due to impact of Covid-19
Edited News | UNHCR , WFP
Yemen aid lifeline nears breaking point as UN food agency appeals for $870 million
Press Conferences | UNHCR , UNOG , UNITED NATIONS , WFP , ILO , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency. The...
Press Conferences | UNEP , FAO
Joint FAO-UNEP Press Briefing on the “State of World’s Forests Report 2020: Forests, Biodiversity and People” on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity
Edited News | OCHA
The Covid-19 pandemic is severely exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, says OCHA. Yemen, a war-torn country, will be left to fight a Covid-19 pandemic with a collapsed health system without additional funding, warned today the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).