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UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service. WHO Christian Lindmeier (Zoom) with Dr. Olufunmilayo ('Funmi) LESI; Cross-cutting Lead, Hepatitis Programme & Partnerships, WHO (Zoom) World Hepatitis Day IOM IOM Director General Amy Pope Protecting Victims of Trafficking in Online Scam Operations Watch the UN Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, IOM, UNHCR, WMO! 00:58:04 Press Conferences

UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Rolando Gómez, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, UN Information Service. Safety of women in El Obeid, Sudan. Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, speaking from Nairobi, said that UN Women was gravely concerned by the emerging pattern of violence against women and girls in El Obeid, Sudan, where drone attacks during the day and sexual violence at night had left no safe window for women and girls to collect water, mirroring the atrocities documented in El Fasher the previous year. Access to food, healthcare, and other essential services was also severely limited, particularly in displacement sites. With the rainy season set to peak the following month, safe water was critical to reducing the risk of deadly waterborne diseases. Cholera was already spreading in Sudan, with 1,330 cases reported by WHO in early July. The combination of malnutrition, which weakened the immune system and was a growing concern a...

WHO Tarik Jašarević with Dr Thierno Balde, WHO Incident Manager for the Ebola response in DRC (from Bunia, DRC) · Update on the Ebola situation in DRC OHCHR ThameenAl-Kheetan and Danielle Bell, Head of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (from Kyiv) · Russia's war against Ukraine: the deepening impact on civilians OHCHR Thameen Al-Kheetan · Intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza IOM Maria Moita, Director of the Department of Humanitarian Response and Recovery · Overview of the situation and humanitarian needs in Venezuela UNHCR Matthew Saltmarsh UNHCR deeply saddened after 143 people perish off West Africa Watch the UN Geneva Press Briefing - WHO, OHCHR, IOM, UNHCR! 01:21:49 Press Conferences

WFP Abdallah Alwardat, Sudan Country Director (From Kosti) · WFP preparing for mass displacement from El Obeid as food stocks run low IOM Frantz Celestin, IOM Regional Director for East, Horn and Southern Africa · Ebola outbreak in the East, Horn and Southern Africa region OHCHR Jeremy Laurence · Wave of unrest in Pakistan - Administered Kashmir Watch the UN Geneva Press Briefing - WFP, IOM, WHO, OHCHR, UN Women!

Press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service. ANNOUNCEMENTS WMO Clare Nullis (Zoom)  State of the Climate in South-West Pacific report 2025 UNIS on behalf of ITUUNIS on behalf of UNOPS SPECIAL GUEST UN Guy Ryder, UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy (PR)  Update on UN80. TOPICS WHO Tarik Jašarević (Zoom) with Dr Anne Ancia, WHO Representative to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (From Bunia)  Update on the Ebola situation in DRC ICRC Daniel Bunnskog, ICRC Head of Delegation in South Sudan (From Juba, South Sudan)  Humanitarian situation in South Sudan IFRC Scott Craig (Zoom)  Update on IFRC's ongoing response following Venezuela earthquakes UNHCR Matthew Saltmarsh with Gisella Lomax, Senior Advisor on Information Integrity (From the AI for Good Summit in Geneva, Palexpo)  Hate speech and misinformation are creating real-world harm for displaced people Watch the UN Geneva Press Briefing - WHO, ICRC, IFRC, UNHCR, WMO, UN80! 01:28:10 Press ...