Press Briefing with the WHO, ICRC, IFRC, UNHCR, WMO, UN80.



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
Location: Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève, Switzerland

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