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The United Nations Information Service Geneva covers a range of activities taking place at the United Nations Office at Geneva, from meeting of the Human Rights Council and peace talks to other major conferences and events. Accredited journalists can participate in bi-weekly briefings chaired by the UN Geneva spokesperson and attended by the spokespeople of UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies based in Geneva. Correspondents also have access to scheduled press conferences, stakeouts and background briefings on an almost daily basis.

The UN Information Service also regularly issues press releases and meeting summaries of major meetings happening in Geneva, including the sessions of the Human Rights Council, the human rights committees, and the Conference on Disarmament. Facilities for the media include free or rented workspaces and access to radio and television studios and services, upon availability. 

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MORNING - Council Concludes Dialogue on the Adverse Impact of Climate Change on the Full Realisation of the Right to Food, Hearing that Businesses Should Be Accountable for Remediation, Equivalent to Responsibility, Regarding Climate Change

  Human Rights Council Hears that at the End of 2022, over 71 Million People Worldwide Were Internally Displaced Due to Conflict, Violence, Disaster, Climate Change and Human Rights Abuses   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that Digital, Media and Information Literacy Programmes Should be Considered an Integral Part of Education Efforts Given their Importance for the Exercise of Rights in the Digital Age

  Council Also Hears that the Adverse Effects of Climate Change, including on the Right to Food, Threaten the Full and Effective Enjoyment of All Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on the role of digital, media and information literacy in…
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MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights: the Environment is Dying and the Right to Food is Comprehensively Threatened by Climate Change - the World Demands Action Now

  Council Discusses the Impact of Casualty Recording on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Hearing that Casualty Reporting is Important for Pursuing Accountability   The High Commissioner for Human Rights this morning warned that the environment was burning,…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Second Part of its Annual Full-day Discussion on the Human Rights of Women, Focusing on Social Protection: Women’s Participation and Leadership

Concludes its Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon held the second part of its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, focusing on social protection: women’s participation and…
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MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on States and the Council to Pledge to Take Concrete and Transformative Action to Tackle Gender-based Violence against Women and Girls in Public and Political Life

  Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Opinion and of Expression, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights The High Commissioner for Human Rights this morning…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears of Urgent Need for International Solidarity in Responding to Humanitarian Crises, Conflicts and Forced Displacement, and of the Climate of Impunity for Abuses of the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Asso

Council Concludes its Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, and started an…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Discusses Report on Trafficking in Persons and the Intersections with Refugee Protection, Internal Displacement and Statelessness

  Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women…
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AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells the Human Rights Council that it is Vitally Important to Give Full Legal Protection to People Displaced across International Borders Due to Climate Change

Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education The Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, and concluded…
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MORNING - Working Group Underscores Exigent Need for Capacity Building to Advance the Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and Special Rapporteur Says the Right to Education is a Right to Life-long Learning and Free Quali

  The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education. Pichamon…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants         

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and concluded an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants. Morris Tidball-Binz, Special…

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