Press Briefing with the UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, IFRC, UNIDIR.


Press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service.

TOPICS:

UNHCR Carlotta Wolf (PR) with Jackie Keegan, UNHCR's Deputy Director of Durable Solutions and Protection Support, Division of International Protection and Solutions (PR)
 UNHCR calls to expand refugee resettlement lifeline as part of global solutions drive
UNICEF Ricardo Pires (Zoom) with Tom Slaymaker, Chief of the WASH, Climate and
Environment Data unit (From Florence)
 Children's Climate Risk Report 2026.
IFRC Paolo Cravero (PR) with Bruno Michon, Operations Manager for the Ebola outbreak (From DRC)
 Building community trust is key to stopping the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
UNIDIR Claudia Marquina (Zoom) with Giacomo Persi Paoli, Head of the Security and Technology Programme (PR)
 Global Conference on AI, Peace and Security taking place at the Palais on 18-1 9June.

Watch the UN Geneva Press Briefing: UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, IFRC, UNIDIR!



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