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Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman on the situation of human rights in Iran – welcomes mass prisoner release linked to COVID-19
Edited News | UNOG
Human Rights Council settles into new home in response to Coronavirus COVID-19 threat
Press Conferences | UNOG
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO). The...
Edited News | UNCTAD
COVID-19: likely to cost $1 trillion in 2020, says UN economist, calls for confidence-building measures
Press Conferences | UNOG
Rhéal LeBlanc, Head of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations...
Edited News | WHO , UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
After the last Ebola patient was discharged on March 3rd at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced today the beginning of a 42-day observation period before it can declare the end of the Ebola outbreak - if there...
Edited News | OHCHR , WMO
COVID-19: countries, businesses must protect people as virus spreads, urges UN rights chief
Edited News | UNCTAD
Coronavirus COVID-19 wipes $50 billion off global exports in February alone
Press Conferences | UNOG
Rhéal LeBlanc, Head of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe...
Edited News | OHCHR , UNHCR , UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
UN agencies together with the Bangladesh authorities have appealed for $877 million to support hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, where conditions are still not conducive for their safe return, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said on Tuesday.