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Calendar of Geneva-based activities of interest to the Press

15 to 29 July 2024

DateOrgActivityCityContact
15 JulUN

World Youth Skills Day

 
15-19 JulHRCSixteenth Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition (informal outreach event)Geneva

Pascal Sim

simp@un.org 

16 JulITUITU Workshop: At the crossroads of Standards and Research - AI/ML datasets for future networksVirtualpressinfo@itu.int 
16 JulUN-Water

Launch of United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation 

Statement to the media, Press Briefing Room, 2nd floor, UN Headquarters at 12:00 EDT

broadcasted on UN Web TV

there will also be a summary of the press brief available here

HybridLeanne Burney leanne.burney@unwater.org 
17 July UNESCO

UNESCO Chair Seminar I Transforming Global Governance

 

 

Virtual 
18 JulUNIDIRTwo Sides of the Same Coin: Exploring Benefits and Risks of (Mis)use of Uncrewed SystemsVirtual

Asa Karl Cusack

asa.cusack@un.org 

18 JulUN

Nelson Mandela International Day

18-19 JulHRCFirst intersessional meeting on concrete ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the Human Rights CouncilGeneva

Pascal Sim

simp@un.org 

20 JulUN

International Moon Day

World Chess Day

 

  
22 JulUNAIDS

Press conference - Global AIDS update report

https://unaids.zoom.us/j/83134568680?pwd=sygIRNcb3r5PbhG3c3vvP5rWA6EwIj.1 

Meeting ID: 831 3456 8680 

Passcode: 004056

Hybridbartonknotts@unaids.org

22 Jul

2 Aug

HRCFourteenth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standardsGeneva

Pascal Sim 

simp@un.org 

24 JulUNIDIRForging a Path Towards a WMD-Free Middle East: The WMD-Free Zone CompassHybrid

Asa Karl Cusack

asa.cusack@un.org

25 Jul UN

World Drowning Prevention Day

 

  

26-28 Aug

 

UNECE

34th Session of the Working Party on 

Regulatory Cooperation and StandardizationPolicies

 

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

 

26-30 Aug

 

UNECE

Joint Meeting of Experts on the Regulationsannexed to the European Agreement concerningthe International Carriage of Dangerous Goods byInland Waterways

 

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

 

28 JulUN

World Hepatitis Day [WHO]

 

 

28-30 Aug

 

 

UNECE

32nd session of the Specialized Section on

Standardization of Meat

 

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

 

29-30 Aug

 

UNECEExpert Forum for Producers and Users of ClimateChange-related Statistics 2024Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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