UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing COVID-19 Oxygen Emergency - UNITAID 23 February 2021
"On the opening day of the Human Rights Council’s 46th session, the UN chief reiterated his call to the Myanmar military “to stop the repression immediately…Coups have no place in our modern world”;Michelle Bachelet – in comments urging Member States to end the COVID-19 pandemic - insisted that the “medical impact of the pandemic is far from over – and its effects on economies, freedoms, societies, and people have only just begun”. The President of the UN General Assembly also addressed Member States via videoconference, in a call for the “equal and fair distribution of vaccines for all”. It was critical that “civil society, the private sector, and all stakeholders are facilitated to participate and provide feedback throughout the planning and assessment of responses”, he explained."
Speaker: • OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell
Violence in South Sudan engulfs much of country, violations rife Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than three-quarters of South Sudan, UN human Rights Council-appointed investigators said on Friday, warning that the bloodshed and exactions faced by civilians are “the worst recorded” since the country’s civil war began in December 2013.
Close to 300 Ebola contacts identified in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 109 more in Guinea – WHO
Human Rights Council - Adoption of resolution on Myanmar
Human Rights Council - Special Session on Myanmar - 12 February 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) discusses symptoms of post-COVID-19 illness (also described as “long” COVID-19) and the need for research into reports that it can affect people infected with the new coronavirus but who did not require hospital treatment. Speaker: • Dr Janet Diaz Dr Janet Diaz, Team Lead, Health Care Readiness, WHO
OSE Pedersen Continuity 09 February 2021
A weeklong meeting in Switzerland concluded today with 74 delegates from Libya’s opposing factions choosing the four leaders meant to guide the North African country through to national elections on 24 December.
Voting For Presidency Council And Prime Minister, second round of Voting for positions of three-member Presidency Council and Prime Minister and Continuity ASRSG Stephanie Williams election announcement
Humanitarians renew appeals for aid access to all areas in Ethiopia’s wartorn Tigray region. The UN renewed appeals on Friday for humanitarian access to all areas of Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region to help people displaced fighting, forcing the most desperate to eat leaves to survive.
Libyan Political Dialogue Forum - 03 February 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care has been ‘profound’, warns UN health agency
Libyan Politicial Dialogue Forum - Opening
Press conference following the conclusion of the fifth round of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee
Arrivals on the fifth and last day of the meeting of the members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, the so-called Small Body,
UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing Humanitarian Situation in Syria 29 January 2021
Syria Constitutional Committee - Departures - 27 January 2021
Arrivals on the third day of the meeting of the members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, the so-called Small Body
The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria has been convening since yesterday until 29 January this fifth session of the Small Body
UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing Tropical Storm Eloise Mozambique 26 January 2021
Arrivals on the second day of the meeting of the members of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, the so-called Small Body,
The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria is convening from 25 to 29 January this fifth session of the Small Body - Departures
The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria is convening from 25 to 29 January this fifth session of the Small Body - Arrivals and meeting
Talks on new Syrian Constitution restart in Geneva on Monday, as a “door opener for a broader political process” – says UN Special Envoy for Syria
UN sounds alarm over killings at Syrian camp for displaced people. The Al Hol camp, Syria’s largest site for refugees and displaced persons, has been the site of 12 killings since the beginning of the year, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today. The camp shelters 62,000 people who have fled violence and hardship from several countries, and operates under the control of Syrian Kurdish forces.
UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Flash Appeal Madagascar OCHA
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF)’s Advisory Committee started to meet today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, till 16 January 2021.
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF)’s Advisory Committee started to meet today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, till 16 January 2021.
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF)’s Advisory Committee started to meet today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, till 16 January 2021.
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF)’s Advisory Committee started to meet today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, till 16 January 2021.
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF)’s Advisory Committee started to meet today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, till 16 January 2021.
UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Madagascar Food Crisis WFP
UNHCR and partners urgently seeks US$156 million to support Ethiopian refugees fleeing the Tigray crisis. As more than 52,000 Ethiopian refugees have fled the Tigray region over the past six weeks into eastern Sudan, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and partners have launched an urgent appeal for funding needs.