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.
Previous Press Conferences
ECE Press Conference
· Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE
· Francisco P. de la Flor Garcia, Director of Regulation, ENAGAS S.A. (Spain), and team leader of the study
· Pedro Moraleda, Principal, Energy Markets Advice (Spain)
Press Conference by the Permanent Mission of the Holy See
His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
H.E. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Office of the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
The situation in the Central African Republic
Denise Brown, WFP Regional Director, West Africa
WHO Press Conference
(The embargo will lift at 11 GMT, on Wednesday 9 April 2014).
Dr Stefan Wiktor, Team lead, Global Hepatitis Programme, WHO
Dr Peter Beyer, Senior Advisor, Dept. of Essential Medicines and Health Products, WHO
Dr Andrew Ball, Senior Advisor, Policy, Strategy and Equity, Dept. of HIV/AIDS, WHO
OCHA Press Conference
Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq, Special Advisor to His Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait and the UN Secretary-General's Humanitarian Envoy
Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Rashid M. Khalikov, Director, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - Geneva
Ambassador William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Mr. Amir Abdulla, Deputy Executive Director and Chief of Operations, WFP
Press Conference by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
Paul Heslop, Chief of Programmes, UN Mine Action Service
OCHA Press Conference
Toby Lanzer, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UNDP Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan
Joint IFRC/WHO Press Conference
Advocacy report - Dengue: Turning up the volume on a silent disaster
Embargoed until 4 April 2014 at 1:01am CEST (00:01 GMT).
Walter Cotte, Under Secretary General, Programme Services Division, IFRC
Amanda McClelland, Senior Officer, Emergency Health, IFRC
Dr Raman Velayudhan, Coordinator, Vector Ecology and Management Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (HTM/NTD), WHO
UNCTAD Press Conference
Mrs Yanchun Zhang - Chief - Commodity Policy Implementation and Outreach Section - Special Unit on Commodities - UNCTAD
Mr Kris Terauds - Economist - Special Unit on Commodities- UNCTAD
OHCHR/Human Rights Committee Press Conference
Nigel Rodley (Chair), Margo Waterval, Walter Kaelin, Human Rights Committee