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.
Launch of the report Women in Business and Management: The business case for change by the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP)
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019, at 13:00 GMT (14:00 GENEVA TIME) Deborah France-Massin, Director ILO ACT/EMP Jae-Hee Chang, report co-author and ACT/EMP specialist
Breakfast Background Briefing – Why Arms Control Matters Today
Renata Dwan, Director, UNIDIR John Borrie, Programme Lead WMD and Other Strategic Weapons Programme, UNIDIR Daniel Porras, Space Security Fellow, UNIDIR
Committee Against Torture Concluding Observations on Benin, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, and the United Kingdom
Jens Modvig (Chairperson) Felice Gaer (Vice-Chairperson) Claude Heller (Vice-Chairperson) Abdelwahab Hani Sébastien Touze Ana Racu Diego Rodrigues-Pinzón
IFRC is seriously concerned that the Ebola situation is “spiraling out of control” – press conference will feature a creative visual opportunity
Dr. Emanuele Capobianco, Director of Health, IFRC
State of Commodity Dependence Report 2019 (embargoed until 15 May 2019 at 9:00 p.m. GMT)
Alexandra Laurent, Statistics Assistant, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD Rodrigo Carcamo, Economic Affairs Officer, Commodity Research and Analysis Section, Division on International Trade, UNCTAD
WHO’s first Guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia
Currently there is no cure for dementia. Much can be done, however, to delay or slow the onset or progression of the disease. WHO’s first Guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia present recommendations on healthy behaviours to reduce the risk of dementia An embargoed copy of the Guidelines is available on request Dr Neerja Chowdhary, Technical Officer, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
UNRWA’s work and emergency operations, in the face of 2019 political and financial challenges
Matthias Schmale, Director of UNRWA Operations, Gaza Gwyn Lewis, Director of UNRWA Operations, West Bank
UN Habitat / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Press Conference
Launch of IDMC/NRC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2019
Please note that this will be webcast live on webtv.un.org. (Please note that the live stream may not be accessible on all mobile devices.)
Alexandra Bilak, IDMC Director Jan Egeland, Secretary General of NRC Graham Alabaster, UN Habitat
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (UNEP) and FAO Press Conference
Clean Planet, Healthy People: Main Outcomes of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, 29 April-10 May. Presentation of actual decisions
The press conference will be live on www.webtv.un.org
Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary (UNEP), Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions Hans Dreyer, Executive Secretary (FAO), Rotterdam Convention Paul Rose, Explorer and Broadcaster
Update on the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, with a special focus on Gaza
Jamie McGoldrick, Humanitarian Coordinator for occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)