Geneva Bi-Weekly Press Briefing: HRC, UNCTAD, UNICEF, UNHCR, OHCHR, WHO
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Bi-weekly press briefing chaired by Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS), Geneva
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
HRC Rolando Gomez• Human Rights Council update
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UNICEF James Elder (Zoom) with Sheldon Yett (Zoom from Dhaka), UNICEF Representative• The situation of children and families affected by floods in BangladeshMohamed Ayoya (Zoom from Kabul), UNICEF Representative• The situation of children and families after the earthquake in Afghanistan
UNHCR Shabia Mantoo (B-128)• UNHCR rushes relief supplies, humanitarian staff to Afghanistan's earthquake-hit regions
OHCHR Ravina Shamdasani (B-128)• UN Human Rights Office monitoring of killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied Palestinian territory• Concern at plans to dissolve national center for the prevention of torture in Kyrgyzstan
UNCTAD Catherine Huissoud (B-128)• UNCTAD at the Ocean Conference in Lisbon• Upcoming publications
WHO Christian Lindmeier (B-128)• Update on Monkeypox