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13-08-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Afghanistan Humanitarian Crises UNHCR - OCHA - WFP 13 August 2021

ENG

Afghanistan is on course to witness its highest number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since records began, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.

10-08-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing Afghanistan Violence 10 August 2021

ENG

UN rights chief warns of likely war crimes in Afghanistan as Taliban reclaims control.

09-08-2021 | Edited News

IPCC Press Conference - Climate Change Report 09 August 2021

ENG

The latest data on climate change from the world’s leading experts in the field indicates that the existential phenomenon is widespread, rapid and intensifying, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said on Monday, while also noting that its worst impacts could be slowed if emissions were reduced quickly.

06-08-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing Myanmar Food Insecurity - WFP 06 August 2021

ENG

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that it is facing a 70 per cent funding shortfall in Myanmar, where millions face growing food insecurity.

06-08-2021 | Edited News , Press Conferences

OCHA Press Conference - Tigray Update UN Emergency Relief Chief 06 August 2021

ENG

Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent than ever: UN emergency relief chief

03-08-2021 | Edited News

WHO virtual press conference: Attacks on Health Care 03 August 2021

ENG

Attacks on healthcare facilities and personnel from 2018-2020 in 17 countries have had a devastating impact on the delivery of lifesaving services around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

03-08-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing Lebanon Blasts OHCHR - WFP 03 August 2021

ENG

The people of Beirut need to see accountability for the deepening crisis they have faced after the devastating port blasts in the Lebanese capital 12 months ago, the UN right chief said on Tuesday.

30-07-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Tigray Malnutrition - UNICEF-WFP-OCHA + B-roll

ENG

UN Children's Fund UNICEF warned on Friday of an estimated tenfold increase in the number of children requiring treatment for acute malnutrition over the next 12 months in Tigray, the development coming amid calls for greater aid access to the wartorn Ethiopian region from UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths and others.

27-07-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Impact Of COVID-19 On Education UNICEF

ENG

“Education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy,” because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday.

23-07-2021 | Edited News

UNOG-NEWS COVID-19 Origins Research Comment - Continuity - WHO 23JUL2021

ENG

World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic on the WHO Director-General’s call for support from China in the continued scientific search for the origins of COVID-19.

23-07-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Tigray Update - WFP

ENG

The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service completed its first scheduled passenger flight to Mekelle on Thursday after a month-long break linked to the eight-month conflict in Tigray, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

16-07-2021 | Edited News , Press Conferences

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing - Deadly Flooding In Europe WMO 16 July 2021

ENG

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization.

13-07-2021 | Edited News , Press Conferences

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing Tigray Update WFP - WHO 13 July 2021

ENG

UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for better access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the local capital, Mekelle, encountered multiple, rigorous checks on their way there.

09-07-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Afghanistan Health Needs - WHO

ENG

The World Health Organization (WHO) concerned about worsening access to provide life-saving medicines and supplies in Afghanistan

06-07-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: South Sudan - Humanitarian Crisis - UNICEF

ENG

“We are going through the worst humanitarian crisis since independence”, says UNICEF ahead of South Sudan’s 10 years anniversary

02-07-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: First Food Supplies For Venezuela - WFP

ENG

First food supplies to school children arrived in Venezuela, the UN World Food Programme announced 

02-07-2021 | Edited News , Conference Extracts , Photos

Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Day 5

ENG

01-07-2021 | Edited News , Conference Extracts , Photos

Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Day 4

ENG

29-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Heatwave Alert - WMO

ENG

A "pressure-cooker" heatwave that's broken temperature records twice in two days continues to threaten vulnerable people in the US northwest and western Canada, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.

29-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Tigray Update - UNHCR - WHO

ENG

UN humanitarians expressed concern on Tuesday at the latest developments in Ethiopia's Tigray region, highlighting the ongoing famine-like conditions and potential for disease outbreaks unless aid access is forthcoming.

29-06-2021 | Edited News , Photos

Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Day 2

ENG

Meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Switzerland - Day Two

25-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: WFP-WHO Syria Aid Appeal 25 June 2021

ENG

The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to north-west Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline, UN humanitarians said on Friday, noting that no cross-line supplies had reached Idlib from Damascus in nearly a year.

23-06-2021 | Edited News , Press Conferences

ITC Presser - Launch of the Competiveness Outlook 2021

ENG

Small businesses unprepared for pandemic-sized climate shock ‘every decade’: ITC

21-06-2021 | Edited News , Press Conferences

OCHA Presser: Humanitarian Situation In Nigeria

ENG

“Looming catastrophic food insecurity in Nigeria could eventually result in a famine”, warns UN Country Office

21-06-2021 | Edited News

UN High Commissioner For Human Rights - Pandemic Report

ENG

“Central role of the State during pandemics and other health emergencies is to mount a robust health response while upholding human rights” says top UN human rights official

18-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: 41 Million Face Famine - WFP

ENG

The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19 in addition to a lack of funding have left millions more people on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

17-06-2021 | Edited News

Drought ‘Is The Next Pandemic’ UNDRR 17 JUNE 2021

ENG

Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic, the UN’s top official for disaster reduction said on Thursday, in a call for concerted action and new transboundary alliances to tackle the growing global threat.

15-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: G7 Famine Prevention Commitment - WFP

ENG

“34 million people on the edge of famine could be helped through ‘Famine Prevention Compact’ endorsed by G7 leaders”, says UN World Food Programme (WFP) 

14-06-2021 | Edited News , Press Conferences

OCHA Presser: Lebanon Update

ENG

“More than 1 Million Lebanese need relief assistance to cover their basic needs”, estimates the UN Office in Lebanon. As Lebanon is facing one of its worst financial and economic crises in its modern history grappling with an economic and financial meltdown, the UN estimates that over the next 8 months around $ 300 million are required to cover the crucial needs of 1,5 million Lebanese and 400,000 migrant workers affected by the ongoing crisis.

11-06-2021 | Edited News

UNHCR - IOM Presser: Venezuela Exodus

ENG

Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis urgently need greater support from the international community, UN humanitarians said on Friday, ahead of a donor conference hosted by Canada next week.

11-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Update on Tigray- WFP - UNICEF - WHO 11 June 2021

ENG

“A catastrophic food security situation for which people have already began to die”, says the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on the current situation in Tigray

08-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Cold European Spring - WMO 08 June 2021

ENG

Chilliest Spring in years is cold comfort for planet Earth as emissions rise: Confirmation that Europeans have just experienced their chilliest Spring in years is cold comfort for the planet, amid rising greenhouse gas levels which will bring negative impacts for generations to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.

04-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: COVID-19 Update - WHO

ENG

Although some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally, only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers and the elderly have yet to receive a shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

03-06-2021 | Edited News , Press Conferences

FAO - UNEP Presser - Ecosystem Restoration Report

ENG

Intense restoration of nature needed to address climate and biodiversity crises, says joint UNEP-FAO report

01-06-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Tigray Update - WFP 1 June 2021

ENG

More than 90 % of Tigray’s population in need of emergency food assistance due to the conflict, says UN World Food Programme 

27-05-2021 | Edited News

Human Rights Council on OPT and East Jerusalem Special Session 27 MAY 2021

ENG

UN’s top rights body votes to probe abuses in Palestinian territory, Israel: An international probe is to be set up to investigate rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel following the recent deadly escalation of violence there, after a vote at the Human Rights Council on Thursday.

21-05-2021 | Edited News

UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Humanitarian Situation in Gaza after Ceasefire 21 MAY 2021

ENG

Israeli air raids on Gaza severely damaged health, education, water and energy facilities and left a “terrified and traumatized” population, said Humanitarian aid agencies