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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.

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Previous Press Conferences

WFP Press Conference

WFP programmes in Ethiopia
Mr. Abdou Dieng, Director, WFP Office in Ethiopia
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WFP

UNHCR/WFP Press Conference

Food shortages for refugees in Africa.
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres
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UNHCR

Ambassador Keith Harper, U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council, will address the press.


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UNOG

UNICEF Press Conference

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
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UNICEF

WMO Press Conference

WMO El Niño Update
Rupa Kumar Kolli, Chief World Climate and Applications and Services Division
[Maxx Dilley, Director, Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch
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WMO

UNCTAD Press Conference

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
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UNCTAD

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
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OHCHR

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
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OHCHR

Geneva International Discussions press conference

Geneva International Discussions
The 28th round of the Geneva International Discussions will take place on 17 and 18 June 2014. After the meeting on 18 June, a series of press conferences will take place in Room III at the Palais des Nations
2) Georgia
• Davit Zalkaliani, First Deputy Minister, MFA
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UNOG

OHCHR Press Conference (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)

The Special Rapporteur presents his first report to the Human Rights Council since the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in DPRK completed its work in March 2014. He stresses the international law implications of the Commission’s findings and the international community’s responsibility to protect. The report also discusses the qualitative differences in responses that are required of the Member States, the concerned and neighbouring countries, the United Nations system.
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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OHCHR