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Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
In a meeting at the Holy See on Friday, the UN Secretary-General paid tribute to Pope Francis for his “clear moral voice” in defence of “the most vulnerable, including refugees and migrants, confronting poverty and inequalities, appealing for disarmament, building bridges between communities and, of course, highlighting the climate emergency”.
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Edited News | OCHA , UNOG
Lesotho: tens of thousands ‘one step away from famine’ as drought impacts harvests
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Edited News | UNHCR , UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UNHCR High Commissioner Grandi on the Global Refugee Forum
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Edited News | UNHCR , UNOG
At a three-day global forum aimed at transforming the way the world responds to refugee situations, UN Secretary General António Guterres took the stage in Geneva, Switzerland, today to underscore the importance of protecting refugees, respecting their rights, and addressing the causes of human displacement.
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Press Conferences | UNOG
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.
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Press Conferences | UNOG
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and by Dr. Michel Yao, Ebola Incident Manager for the World...
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Edited News | WHO
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has seen an increase in the number of reported cases of the deadly haemorrhagic virus Ebola linked to ongoing violence by armed groups targeting remote communities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. According to the UN agency’s latest outbreak update, 27 new cases were identified last...
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Press Conferences | UNOG
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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Edited News | OCHA , WHO , UNOG
Efforts to help the small Pacific island of Samoa overcome a deadly measles outbreak have received a $2.6 million boost from the UN’s emergency fund, CERF. The development – announced in New York by the organisation’s emergency relief chief Mark Lowcock - comes as deaths from the preventable disease reached 70, the vast majority being children...
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Press Conferences | UNOG
Biweekly Briefings TV / Radio / Photo Information for journalists CONTACTS FAQS REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 6 December 2019 Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of...