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UN Geneva Press Briefing - 07 November 2025
TOPICS
WFP Annabel Symington (Zoom) with Cynthia Jones, Country Director for DRC (From Kinshasa)
· Latest food security situation and analysis in the DRC.
OHCHR Thameen Al-Keetan (PR)
· Syria: Continued worrying reports about abductions and enforced disappearances
Seif Magango (From Nairobi)
· Niger: Arrests of journalists
UNHCR Eujin Byun with Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, UNHCR's Director of the Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa (From Nairobi)
· UNHCR appeals for funding to sustain refugee returns in West and Central Africa
UNICEF Ricardo Pires (PR)
· Update on impacts of hurricane Melissa
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WHO Christian Lindmeier (Zoom)
· WHO Virtual Press Conference for the launch of the 2025 Global Tuberculosis Report – Tuesday 11 November, 15:30hrs
· WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) opening COP and MOP virtual press conference – Thursday 13 November, 15:00hrs
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