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.
Press Conference by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates 2015
A civil peace by civil society – Tunisian experiences for the future of the region
The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates 2015: Ms. Ouided Bouchamaoui, Mr. Hocine Abassi, Mr. Abessatar Ben Moussa, Mr. Fadhel Mahfoudh Dr. Ghassan Salamé, Professor Emeritus of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Former Lebanese Minister of Culture
World Immunization Week – celebrated in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.
Immunization saves 2 to 3 million lives every year and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. This press briefing will provide updates on the progress of the WHO Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), which aims to reach universal coverage with vaccines worldwide by 2020. It will also highlight gains in vaccination coverage and disease elimination in some countries and regions in the past year and how these gains need to become the norm in order to close the immunization gap. Dr. Jean-Marie Okwo-Belé, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will talk to the press following today's meeting of the ISSG Humanitarian Access Task Force.
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will talk to the press following today's separate meetings with the delegation of the Syrian Arabic Republic and the delegation of the High Negotiations Committee.
The press stakeout will be broadcast live on webtv.un.org. Please note that press encounters carried on webtv.un.org are in the original language of the speaker only.
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization is meeting 12-14 April 2016. This briefing will cover recommendations from the meeting. Anticipated topics include: recommendations on the use of the Dengue vaccine, polio, and addressing missed opportunities in vaccination.
SAGE was established by the Director-General of the World Health Organization in 1999. SAGE is the principal advisory group to WHO for vaccines and immunization. It is charged with advising WHO on overall global policies and strategies, ranging from vaccines and technology, research and development, to delivery of immunization and its linkages with other health interventions. More information on SAGE can be found at: http://www.who.int/immunization/policy/sage/en/ Dr. Jon Abramson, Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) and Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States of America
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will talk to the press following today's meeting of the Humanitarian Access Task Force.
The press stakeout will be broadcast live on webtv.un.org. Please note that press encounters carried on webtv.un.org are in the original language of the speaker only.
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will talk to the press following his meeting with the delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC).
The press stakeout will be broadcast live on webtv.un.org. Please note that press encounters carried on webtv.un.org are in the original language of the speaker only.
Presentation of the E-commerce Week - 18- 22 April (Data Protection, Cybercrime, B2C E-commerce Index ...)
Torbjörn Fredriksson, Chief, ICT Analysis Section, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
Report: Fairness for Children: A league table of inequality in child-well-being in rich countries.
Under strict embargo for 00.01 GMT 14 April (Thursday) Yekaterina Chzhen, Social Policy Economic Specialist at UNICEF Office of Research Zlata Bruckauf, Consultant Researcher at UNICEF Office of Research
Press stakeout by the United Nations Secretary-General and the Swiss Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Following the morning session of the Geneva Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism – The Way Forward, which will take place on 7 and 8 April 2016 at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Didier Burkhalter, will speak at a press stakeout.
