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UN Geneva Press Briefing - 23 June 2026
UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Rolando Gómez, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, UN Information Service with representatives of IOM, FAO, WFP, OCHA, WHO, IFRC, Education Cannot Wait.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
IFRC Paolo Cravero (PR) with Mary Friel, IFRC Senior Officer, Climate Policy (in Geneva) (PR)
· The IFRC network response to the heatwave in Europe
OCHA Jens Laerke (PR)
· $10 million CERF allocation to gender projects in eight countries
TOPICS
FAO Pirro Tomaso Perri, FAO Acting Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic (PR)
· FAO priorities in Syria
WHO Dr. Abdirahman Mahamud, Director, Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations (PR)
· Snapshot of Ebola outbreak in DRC as 1000 cases confirmed
IOM Zoe Brennan (PR) with, Ugochi Daniels, IOM Deputy Director General for Operations (PR) and Dr. Abdoulaye Wone, Senior Programme Officer (PR)
· IOM Response to the Ebola Outbreak and Appeal
IFRC Paolo Cravero (PR) with Mary Friel, IFRC Senior Officer, Climate Policy (in Geneva) (PR)
· Delivering of essential materials to areas affected by the Ebola outbreak
Education Cannot Wait Maysa Jalbout, Director of Education Cannot Wait (PR)
· Findings of ECW's new Global Estimates Report.
WHO Christian Lindmeier (PR) with Dr. Ayesha De Costa, Scientist for Newborn Health,
Dept of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, WHO (PR)
· Newborn screening can prevent birth defects becoming a growing cause of child
death and disability
FAO / WFP
Maxwell Sibhensana, FAO Deputy Director of the Office of Emergencies and
Resilience (From Niamey, Niger)
Richard Choularton, Director of Climate and Resilience at WFP (From Rome)
· Appeal on Anticipatory Action
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