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UN Geneva Press Briefing - 17 March 2026
TOPICS
UN in Lebanon Imran Riza, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon (from Beirut)
- Update on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon and the current response efforts
OHCHR Thameen Al-Kheetan
- Situation in Lebanon
OHCHR Thameen Al-Kheetan, with Ajith Sunghay, head of OHCHR office in the occupied Palestinian territory (from Amman)
- New report on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem
UNECE Jean Rodriguez
- Trade disruptions in the Gulf: UN TIR Convention can help ease some pressure
OHCHR Thameen Al-Kheetan
- Afghanistan: Deadly blast kills many at rehab center in Kabul
WHO Christian Lindmeier (Zoom), with Dr Humphrey Karamagi, WHO Representative in South Sudan (Zoom from Juba)
- South Sudan Health Update: Progress and Priorities on the Frontline
IFRC Tommaso Della Longa with Daniëlle Brouwer, IFRC Communication Coordinator, (from Juba, South Sudan)
- Deteriorating humanitarian crisis for people fleeing Sudan and the IFRC response
UNRISD Karima Cherif with Professor Jayati Ghosh, Member of the Founding Committee of the International Panel on Inequality (PR)
- The inequality emergency and establishment of an International Panel on Inequality
WFP Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director
- Lebanon's growing humanitarian crisis and its global ripple effects
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