The UN health agency WHO expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike in a range of preventable diseases in Ethiopia’s northern regions - and in particular Tigray – linked to nearly two years of conflict and chronic access problems.
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, International Labour Organization, United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Meteorological Organization.
Launch of UNRISD 2022 Flagship Report - Crises of Inequality: Shifting Power for a New Eco-Social Contract
Global Status Report on Physical Activity
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Speaker: Loretta HIEBER GIRARDET, Chief of the Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity Development Branch.
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
New UNDP report: Avoiding ‘Too Little Too Late’ on International Debt Relief
Launch of the “Extreme Heat, preparing for heatwaves of the future” Report.
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Presentation of the first report of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement.
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the Human Rights Council.
Publication of the Trade and Development Report 2022 STORY: UNCTAD Trade and Development Annual Report 2022 Speakers: Rebeca Grynspan, UNCTAD Secretary-General Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies
Update on the humanitarian situation in Pakistan and priority needs in response to the floods. Curtain-raiser in advance of the official launch of the revised flash appeal on Tuesday 4 October.
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Human Rights Council.
The launch of the SME Competitiveness Outlook flagship report, focusing on connected services, being transport and logistics, financial services, information and communications technologies, and business and professional services. The report shows why policymakers, companies and business support organizations should focus on developing these business sectors to foster inclusive economic growth.
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances' press conference to present findings on Mali, Czech Republic and Uruguay
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the Human Rights Council.
Almost seven months to the day since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UN-appointed independent human rights investigators said that war crimes have indeed been committed in the conflict.
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Program, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Health Organization.
The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies said on Friday.
Horrific testimonies from civilians targeted by Myanmar’s military are yet another reason for the international community to take practical measures to halt the bloodshed, a top human rights expert said on Thursday.
Presentation of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif expressed alarm on Tuesday at the death in custody in Iran of a woman after she was detained for wearing an “improper” hijab.
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organisation, the World Food Programme together with the Yemeni Family Care Association, and the World Health Organisation.
Rhéal LeBlanc of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organisation.
Release of a global noncommunicable diseases (NCD) report and data portal with the latest global data on NCDs, risk factors, and policy implementation for 194 countries
Launch of Commission’s latest report
Publication of the UNCTAD Report on its Assistance to the Palestinian People 2022
From Somalia to Syria, Pakistan, Madagascar and Yemen, hunger is on the rise. The international armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia has greatly disrupted global food supply systems as well as future harvests
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, and the Human Rights Council.
UN disability rights committee (CRPD) sounds alarm on the treatment of people with disabilities in the Ukraine conflict
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Meteorological Organization.
Human Rights Council, 51st regular session (12 September – 7 October 2022)
A perfect storm in Africa: climate, conflict and drought hit hardest those forced to flee