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.
In response to lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak, WHO has developed a registry of accredited Foreign Medical Teams (FMTs) – a roster of pre-verified medical teams from around the world ready to deploy at moment’s notice for emergency response. During the Ebola outbreak, WHO has coordinated the deployment of nearly 60 foreign medical teams provided by 40 organizations. In emergency response to the Vanuatu cyclone, WHO has deployed 20 FMTs through this registry
Dr. Ian Norton, WHO Project leader, Foreign Medical Teams
Trade in commodities: challenges and opportunities - 6th Global Commodities Forum - 13-14 April 2015
Samuel Gayi - UNCTAD - Chief of the Special Unit on Commodities Kris Terauds - Special Unit on Commodities - Economist
World Health Day 2015, on 7 April, will draw attention to the issue of food safety. Ahead of the global launch, the World Health Organization will hold a media briefing to outline how globalization and the international reach of the food safety chain offer great opportunities — and threats — for human health, and also provide new figures on foodborne illnesses. The slogan for World Health Day 2015 is “From farm to plate, make food safe.”
Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director, WHO Department of Food Safety.
Human Rights Council twenty-third special session on "the terrorist attacks and human rights abuses and violations committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram”
HE. Mr. Pierre BUYOYA, former President of Burundi and High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Human Rights of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and possibly Benin and the Coordinator of the African Group for questions related to Human Rights
Journalists are invited to a press conference to learn more about data showing children under five have much higher death rates with Ebola. They will describe the challenges of caring for young children with Ebola and what needs to be done to improve their survival rates. They will also provide the findings of a meeting on paediatric Ebola virus disease being held by WHO in Geneva this week.
Dr Christopher Dye, Director of Strategy and WHO’s Team leader on Ebola epidemiology Dr Tim O'Dempsey, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and WHO Clinical Team leader in Sierra Leone Dr David Kaggwa, WHO Paediatric Consultant in Liberia
Embargoed briefing on UNHCR’s latest Asylum Trends report to be issued on Thursday 26 March. The report contains the latest figures of asylum seekers in industrialized countries and an analysis of asylum trends during 2014. The report is under embargo until Thursday, 26 March at 0500 GMT
Ms. Melissa Fleming, Chief Spokesperson, UNHCR [Mr. Tarek Abou Chabake, Senior Statistician, UNHCR
Publication of the 2015 Information Economy Report - Unlocking the Potential of E-commerce for Developing Countries (embargo 24 March 2015 at 5 p.m. GMT)
Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Torbjörn Fredriksson, Chief, ICT Analysis Section, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
Visit by the Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Christiane Taubira, Minister of Justice