Edited News | UNHCR , UNOG
Escalating Burkina Faso violence brings wider Sahel displacement emergency into focus. Deadly attacks on villages in Burkina Faso have forced 150,000 people to flee in the last three weeks alone, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, warning of a displacement emergency in the wider Sahel...
Press Conferences | UNOG
Press stakeout by Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Edited News | OHCHR , UNICEF , WHO , UNOG
UN right chief, agencies appalled at civilian toll in wartorn Syria’s north-east. Facing freezing temperatures and bombing, more than 900,000 civilians in Syria’s north-west have been forced into ever smaller areas in search of shelter, the UN’s top rights official said on Tuesday.
Press Conferences | OHCHR , WHO , UNOG
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office for the...
Press Conferences | UNOG
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief 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 World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration...
Edited News | WFP
Vital Idlib aid deliveries resume after ‘heavy bombing’ - WFP
Press Conferences | WHO , UNOG
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the...
Edited News | WHO , UNITED NATIONS
Coronavirus deaths surpass 1,000 as scientists gather at WHO headquarters to discuss next steps
Edited News | OHCHR
At the United Nations briefing in Geneva Marta Hurtado spokesperson for the Office of the UN high Commissioner for Human Rights, briefed journalist on deep concerns regarding the hostilities and disregard for the protection of civilians as fighting continues to kill and injure scores of civilians...
Press Conferences | WHO , UNOG , WMO
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief 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 Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the...