Geneva Press Briefing: IOM, WFP, OHCHR, WHO,…

TOPICS

WFP               Isheeta Sumra (from Rome)

·       Hunger set to hit record high in Sudan as fighting continues

IOM               Paul Dillon (Zoom)

·       Updated IDP figures from Sudan 

OHCHR         Ravina Shamdasani (B-128)

·       Iran executions

·       Haiti spike in violence

OCHA            Jens Laerke (B-128)

·       Nigeria hunger alert

WHO              Tarik Jašarević (Zoom) with Dr Allisyn Moran Maternal health unit head,                               Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing                    (MCA), WHO HQ (from South Africa)

·       Joint WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA progress report on newborn and maternal health

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

UNEP             Alejandro Laguna (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)

·       World Environment Day

·       Launch of a new report: Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy