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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.
Launch of the 2013 WHO Global Tuberculosis Report. Priority Actions to Address TB Treatment Gaps, Multidrug-Resistant TB and other Challenges The report will be launched on Wednesday 23 October 2013 in London, UK. Dr Hiroki Nakatani, Assistant Director-General, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Dr Karin Weyer, Coordinator, Laboratories, Diagnostics and Drug Resistance, Global TB Programme, WHO
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa Said Djinnit will brief the press on the situation in West Africa. He will be in Geneva on the occasion of the closing meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the Greentree agreement on the Bakassi Peninsula.
Briefing on the humanitarian situation in West Africa’s Sahel region (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, The Gambia and northern parts of Cameroon and Nigeria). People in the Sahel are among the most vulnerable in the world and crises in the region are becoming more frequent. New approaches are needed for emergency actors to address such recurrent crises. The UN recently published the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel which encompasses emergency and development work and that of the UN in the fields of security and governance. Robert Piper, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel
Joint WHO/UNEP Press Briefing on the occasion of International Lead Poisoning Prevention week of action The briefing will cover a variety of key issues including the health impacts on children, sources and routes of exposure and information about the campaign week of action taking place 20th-26th October 2013 Maria Neira, Director, Director, WHO Department of Public Health and Environment David Piper, Deputy Head Chemicals Branch, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ]
Embargoed: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO) press briefing on release of the latest IARC Monographs evaluation, Monograph Volume 109, on Ambient Air Pollution. Ambient air pollution has a significant impact on health. During a week-long meeting at IARC in Lyon, France, a panel of leading international experts will review the latest scientific literature to evaluate the carcinogenicity of ambient air pollution. The experts will present the results of the evaluation and address journalists’ questions about the Monograph and the impact of ambient air pollution on cancer. The embargo lifts at 11h30 Geneva time, on Thursday 17 October 2013. Dr Kurt Straif, Head of the IARC Monographs Section Dr Dana Loomis, Deputy Head of the IARC Monographs Section
Pre-launch press briefing: 2013 World Disasters Report – Focus on technology and the future of humanitarian action Joelle Tanguy, Under Secretary General, Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy, IFRC Simon Eccleshall, Head, Disaster Crisis and Management, IFRC Sarmad Alsarraj, Information Technology Specialist, IFRC
GAVI Alliance CEO to update media on plan to immunise a quarter of a billion children by 2015 and prevent 4 million deaths. New report tracks GAVI’s performance towards 2015 goals. · On 14 October, the GAVI Alliance will release a frank and transparent assessment of progress towards immunising an additional quarter of a billion children by 2015. · GAVI’s Mid-Term Review report comes two years after a successful pledging meeting in London in June 2011 secured US$ 7.4 billion for immunisation between 2011 and 2015. · The report will be formally presented at a meeting of GAVI donors and partners in Stockholm on 30 October but is being released to media two weeks ahead of the event. · More information on GAVI’s Mid-Term Review meeting: http://www.gavialliance.org/funding/how-gavi-is-funded/resource-mobilisati on-process/gavi-mid-term-review-meeting-october-2013/ Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Alliance
The Director of UNISDR (the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) will present the results of UN global survey of people living with disabilities and how they cope with disasters. Over 5,000 responses were received and the survey helps to explain why disabled people die, or are injured, in disproportionate numbers in disasters. Elizabeth Longworth, Director, UNISDR
