International Human Solidarity Day

UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service. ANNOUNCEMENTS UN Mika Tapio, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) Executive Secretary (PR) · JIU at 60 : Who Holds the UN System Accountable? From Recommendations to Results – How Independent System-wide Oversight Contributes to Change . ITU David Hirsch (PR) · ITU's upcoming Facts and Figures 2026 report on global connectivit y. This is expected to be issued 3 November. UNIS on behalf of HRC TOPICS UNHCR Matthew Saltmarsh (PR) with Dominique Hyde, UNHCR's Director of External Relations (PR) · UNHCR winter appeal: 9m people urgently need winter aid as resources dwindle and temperatures slide · Refugees in Yemen trapped between conflict, displacement and dangerous journeys. Watch the UN Geneva Press Briefing: UN, UNHCR, OCHA! 00:52:58 Press Conferences

UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service. TOPICS: UN WOMEN Sofia Calltorp (PR) with Anna Mutavati UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa (from Nairobi) · Sudan: Women and girls one year after the fall of El Fasher; increasing drone attacks across the country WFP Azfar Deen (Zoom) with David Stevenson, WFP Country Director for DRC (From Kinshasa) · DRC: Ebola spreads to eighth DRC province as WFP delivers food, builds treatment centres and keeps supplies moving WHO Christian Lindmeier (Zoom) with Dr Catherine Smallwood, WHO Ebola Incident Manager, DRC (From Bunia) · Update on Ebola (Bundibugyo Virus Disease)  Watch the UN Geneva Press Briefing: UN Women, WFP, WHO! 01:15:41 Press Conferences

UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service. ANNOUNCEMENT - UNHCR - Eujin Byun: UNHCR's 77th Annual Executive Committee (ExCom) meeting 12 – 16 October 2026 TOPICS- UNICEF - James Elder (From Kathmandu): A long road to recovery in Nepal, as further climate-related disasters threaten - IFRC - Paolo Cravero with Caroline Holt, IFRC Director for Disasters, Climate and Crises: Nepal Flash Floods Update: Preparedness and Early Action Save Lives - OHCHR - Shabia Mantoo: Syria: arrests and detentions of Syrians by Israeli forces amid ongoing Israeli incursions - UN WOMEN - Sofia Calltorp, Chief of Humanitarian Action: The impact of three years of war in Gaza on women and girls - IOM - Zoe Brennan with Karl Baker, IOM Regional Crisis Coordinator on Gaza Response (From Amman, Jordan): Urgent Shelter Needs in Gaza Ahead of Winter - UNICEF - Ricardo Pires: Update on Yemen - UNHCR - Eujin Byun with Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, UNHCR's Director of t...

UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Rolando Gómez, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, UN Information Service. Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe and the International Telecommunication Union. Three years since the attacks of 7 October 2023 Rolando Gómez, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), informed of the statement of the United Nations Secretary-General to mark the three years since the attacks of 7 October 2023 issued the night before through which the Secretary-General referred to the "abhorrent, large-scale terror attack on Israel" launched by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups ...