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.
Launch of WIPO Intellectual Property Report 2015: “Breakthrough Innovation and Economic Growth”.
Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, WIPO
Press briefing on Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2015 – Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division.
The joint report estimates maternal mortality in 1990 to 2015 at country, regional, and global levels. Under embargo until Thursday, 12 November 2015, at 9 a.m. Geneva time (TBC) Dr Lale Say, Coordinator, Reproductive Health and Research, WHO Dr Doris Chou, Medical Officer, Reproductive Health and Research, WHO
WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin
Mr. Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization Ms. Oksana Tarasova, Chief of WMO Atmospheric Environment Research Division
Ahead of Paris climate meeting, UNEP outlines global progress on cutting emissions and scale of the task ahead.
In Geneva this Friday, the United Nations Environment Programme will launch the Emissions Gap, its authoritative report on the world's progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This year, the report focuses on analyzing country pledges for the Paris climate meeting and lays out options for accelerated action to limit the global temperature rise compared to pre-industrial times to 2 degrees Celsius. Mr. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UNEP (via video) Ms. Jacqueline McGlade, UNEP Chief Scientist Ms. Hakima El Haite, Minister of Environment, Morocco
Officials of the U.S. Department of State and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold an ON THE RECORD press briefing regarding the opening and progress of the World Radiocommunication Conference, which is being held November 2-27 in Geneva, Switzerland, by the International Telecommunication Union.
Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy Ambassador Decker Anstrom, Head of the U.S. delegation to the Conference Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the FCC Michael O’Rielly, FCC Commissioner
Human Rights Committee: Concluding Observations on Greece, San Marino, Austria, Suriname, Republic of Korea, Iraq and Benin
Yuji Iwasawa Anja Seibert-Fohr Yuval Shany
Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF Special Coordinator, Refugee and Migrant crisis in Europe, has just completed a one week mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in Serbia and in Croatia.
What are the main challenges faced by children on the move in these countries ? Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF Special Coordinator, Refugee and Migrant crisis in Europe
In an unprecedented joint call, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, will speak to the press about the world’s humanitarian crises and the actions that must be urgently taken to address them.
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Launch of first global and regional estimates of herpes simplex virus type 1
WHO will launch the first global estimates of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection in people under the age of 50. A highly infectious and incurable virus, HSV-1 impacts an alarming proportion of the world’s population. It causes “cold sores” and is also an important cause of genital herpes. Dr Sami Gottlieb, Medical Officer, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research Dr Nathalie Broutet, Medical Officer, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research
