Geneva Press Briefing: UNITAMS, UNHCR, UNICEF…

Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing chaired by Mr. Rolando Gomez, Chief, Press and External Relations Section.

HYBRID PRESS BRIEFING – Friday, 12 May 2023

SUDAN

UNITAMS         Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and                     Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS)                     (From Port Sudan)

UNHCR              Olga Sarrado (B-128)

·       Sudan requires a huge response as needs mount and rains loom 

UNICEF              James Elder (Zoom)

·       Destruction of factory in Khartoum that produces ready to use therapeutic food for UNICEF's treatment of children suffering severe acute malnutrition

CYCLONIC STORM MOCHA

WMO                 Clare Nullis (B-128)

·       Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha is intensifying and expected to make landfall on Saturday on the Bangladesh/Myanmar coastline and is potential major threat to refugees 

IOM                    Paul Dillon xxx with Nihan Erdogan, IOM Bangladesh Deputy Chief of Mission in                   Cox's Bazar

·       Preparations being made at the camps prior to arrival of the cyclone. 

OCHA   Jens Laerke (B-128)

·       OCHA - humanitarian preparedness in advance of cyclone in Myanmar

 

OTHER TOPICS

OHCHR              Jeremy Laurence (B-128) with Seif Magango UN Human Rights Office Regional                           Spokesperson (from Nairobi)

·       The human rights report on the Moura incident in Mali

FAO                    Richard Trenchard, FAO Representative in Afghanistan (From Kabul)

·       Warning of a large-scale outbreak of the Moroccan Locust in Afghanistan