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.
Publication of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2014: Catalyzing Investment for Transformative Growth in Africa Embargoed 3 July at 5:00 p.m. GMT Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Junior Roy Davis, Economist, Division on Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD
Embargoed news conference on TB elimination in low TB incidence countries (Embargoed until Thursday 3 July 2014 at 1 p.m. Geneva time) Dr Mario Raviglione, Director WHO Global TB Programme
Food shortages for refugees in Africa. World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres
The ongoing conflicts in nine of Sudan’s 18 states has led to concentrations of between 30 and up to 50,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance, including large number of children. UNICEF witnesses how millions of children in Sudan continue to bear the impact of multiple emergencies, including in Darfur. This briefing will put the evolving children’s IDP and refugee crisis in context, with the eye-witness authority of senior humanitarian official and UNICEF Representative in Sudan, Geert Cappelaere. Mr. Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Representative in Sudan
WMO El Niño Update Rupa Kumar Kolli, Chief World Climate and Applications and Services Division [Maxx Dilley, Director, Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch
Publication of the World Investment Report 2014 - Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals: An Action Plan (Embargoed until 24 June 2014 at 17:00 GMT) Mukhisa KITUYI, UNCTAD Secretary-General James ZHAN, Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD
Press Conference by OHCHR / Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea
The Special Rapporteur presents her second report to the Human Rights Council which focuses on the indefinite national service, as well as arbitrary arrest and detention, including incommunicado detention and inhumane prison conditions. In her view, the rampant human rights violations occurring in these contexts in Eritrea, causing hundreds of thousands to leave their country for an unknown and precarious future elsewhere, require the Human Rights Council’s particular attention. Ms. Sheila B. Keetharuth, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea
Press Conference by OHCHR / Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Concluding Observations on India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia and the United Kingdom. Kirsten Sandberg (Chairperson) Benyam Mezmur (Vice-Chairperson) Yasmeen Muhamad Shariff