Passing through Geneva after his visits to Muscat, Oman, and Aden, Yemen, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, will address the media at a stakeout.
Press Conference by the Permanent Mission of Greece
Greece at a crossroads: the current situation and challenges ahead
Dr Lefteris Kretsos, Secretary General of Media and Communication, Hellenic Republic
Passing through Geneva after his visits to Muscat, Oman, and Aden, Yemen, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, will address the media at a stakeout.
Childhood immunisation update – Dr Seth Berkley to present Gavi’s new strategies to tackle vaccine preventable diseases – such as measles - in the world’s poorest countries.
Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases
At an embargoed media briefing on 2 December, WHO will release the most comprehensive report to date estimating the global burden of foodborne diseases. This helps address the lack of data on a leading cause of preventable illness and death worldwide. Under embargo until Thursday 3 December 2015, at 3 p.m. Geneva time (CET) Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director, Food Safety, WHO Dr Arie Hendrik Havelaar, Professor, Microbial Risk Assessment & Epidemiology of Foodborne Diseases, University of Florida and Chair of the WHO Foodborne Diseases Burden Epidemiology Reference Group Dr. Philippe Verger, Specialist in Food Chemical Risk Assessment, WHO
Launch of the 2015 edition of ITU’s flagship ICT statistics report, Measuring the Information Society, including the ICT Development Index which ranks over 160 economies globally in terms of ICT access and affordability.
Jaroslaw Ponder, Strategy and Policy Advisor, and Coordinator for Europe Region. The launch will provide an informal opportunity to chat about this year’s key findings.
Landmine Monitor 2015 Report Launch
Welcome and Introduction: Mr. Jarmo Sareva, Director, UNIDIR Overview of Report Findings: Mr. Mark Hiznay, Senior researcher, Arms Division, Human Rights Watch and ban policy editor for Landmine Monitor 2015 Ms. Amelie Chayer, Government Liaison and Policy Manager, International Campaign to Ban Landmines Mr. Loren Persi, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, casualties and victim assistance editor for Landmine Monitor 2015 Mr. Jeff Abramson, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, final editor of Landmine Monitor 2015
WMO provisional statement on the status of the global climate in 2015, and release of five-year report on the climate from 2011-2015
Michel Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General Omar Baddour, Report coordinator
UNAIDS to release new report to get countries on the Fast-Track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Ahead of World AIDS Day 2015, UNAIDS is launching a new report detailing how countries can reach the 22 million people still being left behind in the response to HIV. In 2015, record numbers of people had access to antiretroviral therapy and the numbers of people newly infected and dying of AIDS-related illnesses have reduced since the peak of the epidemic. However, 22 million people still do not have access to treatment, most of whom do not know they have the virus. The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, will release Focus on location and population: on the Fast-Track to end AIDS by 2030 on Tuesday, 24 November, at the United Nations in Geneva. The report gives more than 50 examples of communities, cities and countries that are using innovative approaches to reach more people with life-changing HIV services and end their epidemics. The report outlines what needs to be done to end AIDS as part of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, including a five-year Fast-Track approach to put countries on track to achieve their goals. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS
