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 SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict
Children and armed conflict: taking stock of the year 2015
Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Presentation of the Technology and Innovation Report 2015: Fostering Innovation Policies for Industrial Development
(Embargoed 16 December 2015, 11:30 GMT, 12:30 Geneva) Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Chief, Technology and Innovation Report Series, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
Concluding Observations by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Holy See, Lithuania, Egypt, Slovenia, Mongolia, Turkey
José Francisco Cali Tzay (Chair) Patricia January-Bardill Melem Khalaf Carlos Vazquez
Global elimination of dog-mediated human rabies
WHO / OIE Conference on rabies, 10-11 December 2015 Rabies is a 100% preventable disease that still kills tens of thousands of people every year. If not detected and managed quickly, the disease is almost invariably fatal. Over 95% of human cases are caused by the bite of a rabies-infected dog. The vast majority of victims are children living in poor rural areas with little access to health services. Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
Concluding Observations of the Committee against Torture on Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Austria, Denmark, China, Jordan
Claudio Grossman (Chair) Jens Modvig George Tugushi Essadia Belmir
“Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: towards Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization in Africa”
Mr. LI Yong, Director General, UNIDO H.E. Mrs Fatima Haram ACYL, AU Commissionner for Trade and Industry Mr. Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director-General, WTO Mr. John Miller, Senior Vice President, Nestlé S.A. H.E. Mr. Wu Hailong, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and other international organizations in Switzerland
Launch of the FAO's flagship publication “the State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2015 (SOCO)”, which will take place at FAO headquarters, Rome.
This year's SOCO analyzes and offers advice on global food trade patterns and how they can best be governed. What impact will the expected increase in global commerce in farm products have on food security? Do emerging patterns, such as the growing importance of South-South trade, change the terms of international trade and require new rules? Is the issue of free trade versus protection really as simple as often depicted, or are associated policies reflections of underlying levels of development, including access to credit, markets and risk-management tools? The SOCO report explores those questions and offers pragmatic approaches to trade governance, allowing better integration of food security and other development objectives into national policies while at the same time ensuring that trading partners are not detrimentally affected. The report will be available online from 11:00 at http://www.fao.org/publications/soco/en/ Daniel Gustafson, FAO Deputy Director-General Xiaozhun Yi, World Trade Organization Deputy Director-General Maria Laura da Rocha, Permanent Representative of Brazil to FAO and Chairperson, Committee on Commodity Problems Jomo Kwame Sundaram, FAO Assistant Director-General
The World Health Organization's new comprehensive report on global public health analyses trends over the past 15 years and assesses the challenges for the next 15 years.
Dr Ties Boerma, Director of Health Statistics and Information Systems