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.
WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin
The World Meteorological Organization releases its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin on concentrations of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General Oksana Tarasova, Chief of Atmospheric Environment Research Division
Presentation of the Review of Maritime Transport 2017
(under embargo until 25 October 2017 at 5.00 p.m. GMT, 6:00 p.m. Geneva time) Shamika Sirimanne, UNCTAD, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics Jan Hoffmann, UNCTAD, Chief of Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics
Pledging conference in response to the influx of refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state to Bangladesh
Live webcast: http://webtv.un.org/live/ Mark Lowcock, Emergency Relief Coordinator, OCHA Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner, UNHCR William Lacy Swing, Director General, IOM
Pre-embargo launch of UNICEF Child Alert report on the plight of Rohingya refugee children in southern Bangladesh
EMBARGO until 00:01 GMT 20 October 2017 Simon Ingram, Report author, UNICEF Senior Communication Advisor
State of World Population 2017: Worlds Apart: Reproductive Health and Rights in an Age of Inequality
The State of World Population 2017 will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish online. Hard copies will be made available in English and French during the briefing. The embargoed report and related materials are now available to journalists who request access at http:/it.ly/SWOP2017media Ms. Monica Ferro, Director, UNFPA Geneva
Humanitarian Situation in Libya, Niger and the Sahel
Richard Danziger, IOM Regional Director for West & Central Africa Othman Belbeisi, IOM Libya Chief of Mission Giuseppe Loprete, IOM Niger Chief of Mission Anke Strauss, IOM Mauritania Chief of Mission
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (13 October). How disasters are fuelling homelessness worldwide
Robert Glasser, SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction