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Los medios de comunicación pueden solicitar acreditaciones de prensa permanentes o temporales para sus corresponsales para cubrir la gama de actividades que tienen lugar en la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra, desde reuniones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos y conversaciones de paz hasta otras conferencias y eventos importantes.
Los corresponsales acreditados participan en conferencias de prensa quincenales presididas por el portavoz de la ONU en Ginebra y a las que asisten los portavoces de los organismos y programas especializados de la ONU con sede en Ginebra. Los corresponsales también tienen acceso a conferencias de prensa programadas, replanteos y sesiones informativas casi a diario.
El Servicio de Información de la ONU publica regularmente comunicados de prensa y resúmenes de reuniones importantes que tienen lugar en Ginebra, incluidas las sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, los comités de derechos humanos y la Conferencia de Desarme.
Las instalaciones para los medios incluyen espacios de trabajo gratuitos o alquilados y acceso a estudios y servicios de radio y televisión, según disponibilidad.
In an unprecedented joint call, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, will speak to the press about the world’s humanitarian crises and the actions that must be urgently taken to address them.
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Launch of first global and regional estimates of herpes simplex virus type 1
WHO will launch the first global estimates of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection in people under the age of 50. A highly infectious and incurable virus, HSV-1 impacts an alarming proportion of the world’s population. It causes “cold sores” and is also an important cause of genital herpes. Dr Sami Gottlieb, Medical Officer, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research Dr Nathalie Broutet, Medical Officer, WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research
Briefing on outcomes and recommendations of the meeting of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, held this week.
The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, which was established to advise WHO on policies and strategies for immunization, met on 20-22 October 20-22 to review the best available scientific evidence on development and use of vaccines including those for use against Ebola virus, poliovirus and malaria. http://www.who.int/immunization/policy/sage/SAGE_draft_agenda_oct2015.pdf?ua=1 Professor Jon S. Abramson – Chair of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization
Launch of IOM’s World Migration Report, under strict embargo until 27 October 2015, 10 a.m.
“World Migration Report 2015: Migrants and Cities: New Partnerships to Manage Mobility” June J. H. Lee, Editor-in-Chief, WMR 2015 Lorenzo Guadagno, Manager, Migrants in Countries in Crisis Capacity Building Programme, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Press briefing on the recent cholera outbreaks in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean and African Regions.
WHO is currently responding to multiple cholera outbreaks and warns that cases could spike if control measures are not intensified. Cholera cases have been reported in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr Dominique Legros, Cholera focal point, Department for Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases, WHO Dr William Augusto Perea Caro, Coordinator, Department for Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases, WHO
Briefing on the outcomes of the 133rd IPU Assembly.
Adoption of resolution on democracy in the digital era and the threat to privacy and individual freedoms. Questions on other outcomes of the IPU Assembly. Birgitta Jonsdottir- Icelandic MP and co-rapporteur of resolution on Democracy in the digital era - and a former IPU human rights case when US authorities ordered Twitter to turn over all information on her account and personal détails. She was the co-producer of video released by Wikileaks in 2009 showing US soldiers shooting civilians in Baghdad. Jemini Pandya, Spokesperson, IPU
Launch of most comprehensive report to date on best interventions for reducing health risks from short lived climate pollutants Black carbon, ozone and methane – frequently described as short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) - not only produce a strong global warming effect, they contribute significantly to the more than 7 million premature deaths annually linked to air pollution
Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health Carlos Dora, WHO Coordinator, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health Noah Scovronick, lead author and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Science, Technology and Environment Program (STEP), Princeton University Helena Molin Valdés, Head, Secretariat of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC)
ITU World Radiocommunication Conference, 2-27 November 2015 (preceded by Radiocommunication Assembly, 26-30 October 2015)
François Rancy, Director of ITU Radiocommunication Bureau
Press Conference by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson
The United Nations Deputy Secretary‑General, Jan Eliasson, will be in Geneva next Thursday to deliver the keynote address at the Global Consultation Meeting on the World Humanitarian Summit.
The Deputy Secretary‑General will hold a press conference to discuss the World Humanitarian Summit and his just concluded tour of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey.
Launch of the International Trade Centre’s new flagship report ‘SME Competitiveness Outlook: Connect, Compete, Change for Inclusive Growth’.
In this first edition, focus is on the role small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) play in facilitating inclusive economic growth. Arancha González – Executive Director of ITC Marion Jansen - Chief Economist of ITC (Author of the report) Axel M. Addy – Minister of Commerce and Industry, Liberia