Launch of the ILO report “World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2016”
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2016, at 21:00 GMT (22:00 GENEVA TIME) Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO Research Department
Liberia 42-day announcement - Update on Ebola situation in West Africa
Dr Rick Brennan, Director, Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response, WHO
UNHCR’s Mid-Year Trends report on displacement and the outcomes of the 8th annual High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Understanding and addressing root causes of displacement.
Subject: UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres
Press stakeout by the United States Permanent Mission
Immediately following the end of the 24th special session of the Human Rights Council on Burundi - Thursday afternoon, 17 December 2015, there will be a press stakeout outside Room XX. U.S. Permanent Representative to the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Keith Harper, will make a short statement and be available to answer questions.
Launch of the “ILO Global Estimates of Migrant Workers and Migrant Domestic Workers”. UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER at 21:00 GMT (22:00 GENEVA TIME)
Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Conditions of Work and Equality Department
As Yemen’s conflict nears the one-year mark amidst ongoing peace talks, this briefing will provide an update on the current health situation in Yemen. WHO and health partners' response and funding needs will be discussed.
Dr Ahmed Shadoul, WHO Representative in Yemen
Presentation of the Commodities and Development Report 2015: Smallholder Farmers and Sustainable Commodity Development (Embargo 17 December 2015 at 10 a.m. GMT)
Samuel Gayi, Chief of the Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD Milasoa Cherel-Robson, Economist, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD
Press Conference by the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict
Children and armed conflict: taking stock of the year 2015
Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Presentation of the Technology and Innovation Report 2015: Fostering Innovation Policies for Industrial Development
(Embargoed 16 December 2015, 11:30 GMT, 12:30 Geneva) Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Chief, Technology and Innovation Report Series, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
