WHO will be holding a briefing on World Tuberculosis Day 2017 on 23 March at 11h00 CET. 2017 is the second year of a two-year "Unite to End TB" campaign for World TB Day. This year, WHO is placing a special focus on uniting efforts to "Leave No One Behind" in access to TB care, including actions to overcome the barriers of stigma, discrimination and marginalization. New guidance will be released on this occasion, to ensure that the implementation of the End TB Strategy is in line with sound ethical standards, and protects the rights of those affected especially the most vulnerable and marginalized.
Moderator: Dr. Ren Minghui, Assistant Director-General HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO Dr. Mario Raviglione, Director, Global TB Programme, WHO Dr. Ernesto Jaramillo, Medical Officer, Global TB Programme, WHO Dr. Andreas Reis, Technical Officer, Global Health Ethics, WHO
Press Conference by the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine
Press conference with Issa Amro on Human Rights Defenders in Palestine.
Rana Arrabi, Third Secretary at the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine Issa Amro, Human Rights Defender and activist based in Hebron
UNDP is launching its flagship publication, the 2016 Human Development Report, on March 21st at 3 p.m. in Stockholm. This year the HDR title is “Human Development for all” and focuses on those who are excluded from human development and the reasons for this exclusion. The report makes recommendations and presents examples of successful national policies that contributed to sustain and increase human development to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
HDRO Director will walk the journalists through the report and answer their questions. Selim Jahan, Human Development Report Office Director, UNDP, will join by skype
The world today needs collective development interventions more than ever as we tackle major challenges, such as the looming and potentially catastrophic famine in Africa. Thankfully, the global community has a very important tool in its arsenal to help take on crisis—the International Development Association, IDA. In December of last year, the international community came together for the global good with a $75 billion commitment for IDA for the next three years, financing life-saving and life-changing operations in regions all over the world. The replenishment includes financing innovations—going to the capital markets for the first time—and pushes the envelope on innovative investments in the world’s poorest countries.
Axel van Trotsenburg, Vice President, Development Finance, World Bank Group
Press Conference by the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations
Unaccompanied children on the move: preserving their dignity and their rights.
Reverend Father Fabio Baggio, Co-Undersecretary, Migrant and Refugee Section, Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development of the Holy See Reverend Father Michael Czerny, Co-Undersecretary, Migrant and Refugee Section, Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development of the Holy See Monsignor Robert J. Vitillo, Secretary General of International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
Press stakeout by the Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Presentation of report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on its special inquiry into events in Aleppo and an oral update on the human rights situation in the country from mid-July 2016 to present, supplemented by a conference paper.
Mr. Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Ms. Carla del Ponte, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Ms. Karen Abuzayd, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
OHCHR Press Conference (Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will present his first report to the Human Rights Council since his appointment in August 2016. The report provides recommendations to protect human rights in the DPRK through a combination of engagement with the authorities and pursuit of accountability for gross human rights violations. The report further includes in annex the report of the Group of Independent Experts (Sara Hossain and Sonja Biserko) that was appointed to focus on issues of accountability for human rights violations in the DPRK. In this annexed report, the group identifies practical steps to contribute to a comprehensive and human-rights based approach to accountability, and to secure truth and justice for the victims of human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK Ms Sara Hossain, Independent Expert on Accountability in the DPRK Ms Sonja Biserko, Independent Expert on Accountability in the DPRK
