Press Conferences | OHCHR , WFP , WMO , UNECE
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Organization, the International Telecommunications Union,...
Press Conferences
Release of the 2020 SME Competitiveness Outlook – COVID19: The Great Lockdown and its Impact on Small Business
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
Human Rights Council unanimously calls on top UN rights official to take action on racist violence. The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism on people of African descent by law enforcement agencies, the Human Rights Council decided on...
Edited News | WFP
Global deliveries of critical equipment to tackle COVID-19 pandemic will grind to a halt unless urgent funding is made available to maintain air fleet, UN World Food Program warns.
Press Conferences | UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , WFP , UNCTAD
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations...
Press Conferences | UNITED NATIONS
UN Press conference - Covid-19, Policy Brief on World of Work 18 June 2020
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
I am my brother’s keeper, George Floyd’s brother tells UN Human Rights Council. The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday heard powerful testimony from the brother of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of US police officers sparked worldwide protest.
Edited News | UNHCR
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi discusses the findings in UNHCR’s flagship annual report, Global Trends in Forced Displacement. The report, which details the figures in the numbers of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people as of end 2019, will be launched on...
Statements | UNITED NATIONS
Video message from the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Ms. Tendayi Achiume for the UN Human Rights Council urgent debate on racism and police brutality
Statements | UNITED NATIONS
Urgent Debate on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality in the United States