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Edited News | FAO
FAO: World has enough food to withstand COVID crisis, says UN agency
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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNICEF , UNHCR , WHO , UNITED NATIONS , WFP , UNECE
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the...
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Edited News | WHO , WFP
The first United Nations “Solidarity Flight” is scheduled to leave Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this afternoon - from there, the aircraft will transport the vital medical cargo to all countries in Africa, where supplies are desperately needed to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , UNOG , WFP , UNECE
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the virtual briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and...
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , UNOG , UNITED NATIONS , WFP , WTO , UNECE
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the...
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Edited News | OCHA , WFP
With seven confirmed COVID-19 cases in Somalia, the United Nations and their humanitarian partners in the country are urgently reprioritizing activities to help prepare the response to the pandemic.
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Edited News | OHCHR
Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): “After the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s last week urged governments to reduce overcrowding in prisons in order to prevent catastrophic rates of COVID-19 infection, we are...
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Edited News | OCHA
The spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Jens Laerke said that “seven COVID-19 cases including two deaths have been confirmed - all cases arrived from abroad and are receiving medical treatment in isolation centres in Khartoum.”
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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , UNOG , WFP , UNCTAD , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office...
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Edited News | WFP
Burkina Faso crisis and COVID-19 concerns highlight pressure on Sahel food security. Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, as it expressed concerns about the potential impact on humanitarian supply chains because...