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Edited News | UNHCR , OCHA
Heavy seasonal rains have caused severe flooding in Sudan leaving vast damage to people and infrastructure including access to clean water – critical in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , WTO , UNDP
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Development...
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Edited News , Press Conferences
UN Syria negotiator welcomes ‘commonalities’ shared by Syrians in Geneva talks. Syrian opponents meeting in Geneva as part of efforts to find a peaceful end to nearly a decade of conflict in their country have found common ground on which to pursue further discussions, UN Special Envoy for Syria,...
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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
Syrian Constitutional Committee - Arrivals 28AUG2020
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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , WMO
Violent hurricanes in Gulf Coast offer a tate of things to come as WMO warns of “more hurricanes of categories 4 and 5” this season. As the Gulf Coast of the United States left assessing the massive damage left by hurricane Laura , scientist predict that the strongest storm tied to hit the state of...
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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNHCR , WMO , IOM
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World...
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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
Syrian Constitutional Committee Resumption - Arrivals 27AUG2020
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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
Syria constitutional talks reconvene after COVID-19 suspension. UN-facilitated talks to discuss a schedule and process for drafting a new constitution for war-torn Syria reconvened at UN Geneva on Thursday after being suspended three days earlier when four participants tested positive for COVID-19.
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Edited News | WHO , UNITED NATIONS
COVID-19 reinfection seems not to be a ‘regular event’, says UN health agency. There is likely only a slim possibility of people being reinfected with COVID-19, the UN health agency said on Tuesday, following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an...
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Press Conferences | WHO , WFP , UNCTAD , UNDP
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, which was addressed by the Spokespersons of the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United...