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.
Overview, Outcomes, Direction of UN Mine Action work
Overview, outcomes and news about the United Nations International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and UN Advisers, led by the Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service Ms. Agnès Marcaillou, with special invitees from UN programmes. This press conference will give journalists the opportunity to glean important information shared at this meeting, the vision going forward in 2020, to learn more details about UN deployments in conflict environments, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Somalia; to hear about steps the UN is taking to promote the mine action pillar of “victim assistance”, which is a long-term and important campaign to ensure that no one is left behind. This will be the primary press conference about the #NDMUN23 Agnès Marcaillou, Director of UNMAS Paul Heslop, Chief Programmes and Planning UNMAS Fadwa Benmbarek, Head of Programme, Iraq
OHCHR Press conference - Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee’s concluding observations on countries reviewed during its latest session: Austria, Belarus, Costa Rica, Hungary, Rwanda, and State of Palestine
Luis Pedernera, Chair Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi, Committee Member Cephas Lumina, Committee Member Renate Winter, Vice-Chair
Environment and Mine Action
Mine Action for People and Planet: Solutions, Commitments, and Action is the title of the United Nations International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and UN Advisers, and this press conference will concern the planet. Experts will talk about the linkages between mine action and the environmental changes and challenges mine action deals with, as well as the impact of mine action on the environment. Inspired by the discussion of the first Plenary Session of this meeting, concerned journalists will have the opportunity to probe deeper into this subject, ask questions of experts and better understand the linkages Lee Woodyear, Global Communications Officer, UNMAS Richard Boulter, Programme Manager South Sudan, UNMAS Sarah Njeri, Researcher, Kings College London Edwin Faigmane, Programme Officer, UNMAS (formerly UNDP) Bob Seddon, Threat Mitigation Officer, Libya, UNMAS
Ahead of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety (Stockholm, 19-20 February 2020): we call for a new road safety paradigm for 2030
Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety and FIA President Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UNECE Dr. Etienne Krug, Director, Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, WHO
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation – Youth end FGM
Monica Ferro, Director, UNFPA Geneva Office Luca Zordan, Photographer, Exhibition "the 68 million" Greg Doench, Curator of the exhibition
Press conference requested by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations
Press availability on “Venezuela: Threats to Free and Fair Elections in 2020”
Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva Miguel Pizzaro, Venezuelan Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and to the United Nations Member of the Venezuelan National Assembly
Press stakeout on the meeting of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission
Curtain raiser on the meeting of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission
Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Note: Media wishing to obtain media accreditation for this press stakeout can do so at: https://indico.un.org/event/33672/ The press stakeout will be webcast live on http://webtv.un.org/ Later on, it will also be archived on this page. The event will also be broadcast live. Journalists in the Palais des Nations can plug in directly to get the live feed from the UNTV or radio studios. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will also be taking the UN signal live and share it with their 116 member organizations in 56 countries
