UN Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, UNHCR, IOM, WMO
UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Rolando Gómez, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, UN Information Service
Description
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- WHO - Christian Lindmeier with Dr. Søren BROSTRØM, Director (a.i.) Department of Communications
TOPICS
- UNHCR - Eujin Byun with Andrew Wyllie, UNHCR Deputy Director for the West and Central Africa Bureau (From Madrid, Spain): UNHCR - warns Lake Chad Basin at critical tipping point as violence and displacement surge.
- IOM - Zoe Brennan with Refaat Mohamed, IOM Chief of Mission Sudan (From Port Sudan): Rising Displacement in Sudan's Kordofan Region and the Risks in El Obeid.
- WHO - Christian Lindmeier with Dr Ciro Ugarte, PAHO/WHO Health Emergencies Director (From Washington, D.C.): Earthquakes in Venezuela
- WMO - Clare Nullis with Alvaro Silva, WMO scientist:
El Niño has developed and is rapidly strengthening, with major likely impacts around the world. WMO is stepping up its support to the UN humanitarian system.
State of the Climate in South West Pacific report released next Tuesday.
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