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Press Conferences | ILO
Launch of the “World Employment and Social Outlook: September 2024 update” report
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Edited News | OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani provided the following update on the detained UN staff in Yemen, at the bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The human rights situation in Nicaragua has seriously deteriorated since last year, with increasing cases of arbitrary detentions, intimidation of opponents, ill-treatment in custody and attacks against Indigenous peoples, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office released today.
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Edited News | WHO , UNICEF
Gaza: UN humanitarian agencies ahead of their targets for polio vaccinations, says WHO
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 years of age had been vaccinated in central Gaza after the first two days of the UN-led mass...
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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNCTAD , UNICEF , WHO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization,...
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Edited News | UNRWA
The UN-led mass polio vaccination campaign entered its second day in central Gaza on Monday with pauses in fighting holding sufficiently for thousands more children to receive their dose, in addition to the 87,000 who received their first round on Sunday, UN agencies said.
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Edited News , Press Conferences | WMO
We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean, says UN weather agency
Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, ecosystems and agriculture”, with millions of deaths attributed to...
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani provided the following update on UN Human Rights Office work in Bangladesh at the bi-weekly press conference.
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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNOG
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Edited News | WHO
Humanitarian pauses in Gaza fighting will enable polio vaccine campaign to begin Sunday, says WHO
The United Nations has reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza for humanitarian pauses to allow 640,000 children to be...