Category Archives: Countries & Territories/Zambia

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

15 Jul

The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund warned today that disruptions in the delivery and uptake of immunization services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is causing an alarming decline in the number of life-saving vaccines for children around the world, threatening hard-won progress.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

7 Jul

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that it is providing tents, water, tanks and toilets to the more than 3,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that arrived in north-western Uganda last week during a temporary opening of two border crossing points.