Media outlets can request permanent or temporary press accreditation for their correspondents to cover the range of activities taking place at the United Nations Office at Geneva, from meetings of the Human Rights Council and peace talks to other major conferences and events.
Accredited correspondents participate in bi-weekly press briefings chaired by the UN Geneva spokesperson and attended by the spokespeople of UN specialized agencies and programmes based in Geneva. Correspondents also have access to scheduled press conferences, stakeouts and background briefings on an almost daily basis.
The UN Information Service regularly issues press releases and the 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.
Previous Press Conferences
OCHA/UNHCR/IOM Press Conference
Live webcast: http://webtv.un.org/live/
Mark Lowcock, Emergency Relief Coordinator, OCHA Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner, UNHCR William Lacy Swing, Director General, IOM
UNICEF Press Conference
EMBARGO until 00:01 GMT 20 October 2017
Simon Ingram, Report author, UNICEF Senior Communication Advisor
UNFPA Press Conference
The State of World Population 2017 will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish online. Hard copies will be made available in English and French during the briefing.
The embargoed report and related materials are now available to journalists who request access at http:/it.ly/SWOP2017media
Ms. Monica Ferro, Director, UNFPA Geneva
OCHA Press Conference
Najat Rochdi, Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic
IOM Press Conference
Richard Danziger, IOM Regional Director for West & Central Africa
Othman Belbeisi, IOM Libya Chief of Mission
Giuseppe Loprete, IOM Niger Chief of Mission
Anke Strauss, IOM Mauritania Chief of Mission
UNISDR Press Conference
Robert Glasser, SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction
OHCHR Press Conference
Thomas Hunecke Karin Friedrich Jyoti Sanghera
Press Conference with the President of the General Assembly
H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák , President of the UN General Assembly
ILO Press Conference (under embargo)
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER at 20:00 GMT (22:00 GENEVA TIME)
Deborah Greenfield, ILO Deputy-Director General for Policy Marva Corley-Coulibaly, main author of the report, ILO Research Department
WHO Press Conference
EMBARGO: Wednesday, 11 October - 00.30 Geneva time
Ahead of World Obesity Day (11 October), WHO and Imperial College London are releasing results of a joint major global study that reveals the trends in the increase of obesity among children and adolescents aged 5-19 years from 1975-2016, the factors driving this increase and projections. It also charts other forms of malnutrition, including underweight, and presents shifts in the number of children and adolescents being underweight and obese around the world.
WHO is also publishing new guidance on effective actions to curb childhood and adolescent obesity
Dr Leanne Riley, study author; Team Leader, Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance, WHO (in Geneva) Professor Majid Ezzati, study lead author; Imperial College London School of Public Health (connecting by telephone)