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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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AFTERNOON - High Commissioner to Human Rights Council: Fighting Continues Unabated in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia but a Solution Can Only be Found through a Political Process and Dialogue

  Fighting was continuing unabated in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and had expanded to neighbouring regions, risking spilling over to the whole Horn of Africa, Michele Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, this afternoon told the Human Rights Council, adding that a…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Opens Forty-Eighth Regular Session, Hearing the High Commissioner’s Global Human Rights Update and Her Separate Updates on Venezuela, Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka

  Council Holds Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, Hears Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany   The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-eighth regular session, hearing a global human rights update from…
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances opens twenty-first session

  New Committee Members Juan Albán-Alencastro from Ecuador and Suela Janina from Albania Make Solemn Declaration   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twenty-first session, to be held in a hybrid format, during which it will examine the initial reports of…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations…
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Conference on Disarmament Adopts Annual Report and Concludes 2021 Session

  The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded its 2021 session after adopting its annual report to the General Assembly. The Conference formally adopted the annual report CD/WP.636/Rev.3 as orally amended following last-…
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Human Rights Council to Hold its Regular Forty-Eighth Session from 13 September to 8 October 2021

  The Human Rights Council will hold its regular forty-eighth session from 13 September to 8 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji, President of the Human Rights Council, will open the hybrid session at 10 a.m. on Monday, 13 September in room XX…
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Conference on Disarmament Continues to Seek Agreement on its Draft Annual Report

  The Conference on Disarmament today continued to seek agreement on its draft annual report to the General Assembly under the Presidency of Ambassador Frank Tressler of Chile. At the beginning of the morning meeting, Ambassador Tressler welcomed members of the United Nations Disarmament…
UN Geneva Press Briefing

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Discuss Obstacles to Legal Reform with the Czech Republic

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of the Czech Republic under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Several issues related to the Czech Republic’s National Strategy for the Protection of Children’s…
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Committee on the Rights of the Child opens its eighty-eighth session

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its eighty-eighth session in Geneva. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it will review the reports of the Czech Republic, Eswatini, Poland, and Switzerland under the Convention on…

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