World Health Day 2015, on 7 April, will draw attention to the issue of food safety. Ahead of the global launch, the World Health Organization will hold a media briefing to outline how globalization and the international reach of the food safety chain offer great opportunities — and threats — for human health, and also provide new figures on foodborne illnesses. The slogan for World Health Day 2015 is “From farm to plate, make food safe.”
Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director, WHO Department of Food Safety.
Human Rights Council twenty-third special session on "the terrorist attacks and human rights abuses and violations committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram”
HE. Mr. Pierre BUYOYA, former President of Burundi and High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Human Rights of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and possibly Benin and the Coordinator of the African Group for questions related to Human Rights
Journalists are invited to a press conference to learn more about data showing children under five have much higher death rates with Ebola. They will describe the challenges of caring for young children with Ebola and what needs to be done to improve their survival rates. They will also provide the findings of a meeting on paediatric Ebola virus disease being held by WHO in Geneva this week.
Dr Christopher Dye, Director of Strategy and WHO’s Team leader on Ebola epidemiology Dr Tim O'Dempsey, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and WHO Clinical Team leader in Sierra Leone Dr David Kaggwa, WHO Paediatric Consultant in Liberia
Embargoed briefing on UNHCR’s latest Asylum Trends report to be issued on Thursday 26 March. The report contains the latest figures of asylum seekers in industrialized countries and an analysis of asylum trends during 2014. The report is under embargo until Thursday, 26 March at 0500 GMT
Ms. Melissa Fleming, Chief Spokesperson, UNHCR [Mr. Tarek Abou Chabake, Senior Statistician, UNHCR
Publication of the 2015 Information Economy Report - Unlocking the Potential of E-commerce for Developing Countries (embargo 24 March 2015 at 5 p.m. GMT)
Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Torbjörn Fredriksson, Chief, ICT Analysis Section, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
Launch of UNECE/FAO study “Forests in the UNECE Region: Trends and Challenges in Achieving the Global Objectives on Forests” and presentation of the main issues related to forests and food on the occasion of the International Day of Forests. Dr. Guy Robertson, National Sustainability Programme Leader, United States Forest Service, Co-author of the study Roman Michalak, Forestry Officer, UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, Project manager of the study Paola Deda, Director a.i. Forests, Land and Housing Division, UNECE Charo Val, Chef, La Alacena del Gourmet, Hotel Pachá, Ibiza, author of the PEFC Recipe Book "Cuisine from the Forests" Josh Evans, Lead Researcher, Nordic Food Lab, Copenhagen
Visit by the Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Christiane Taubira, Minister of Justice
Launch of the campaign “Words Against Ebola". Just because Ebola is not in the headlines every day, does not mean it is close to being over. As you probably know, thousands of Red Cross volunteers are still on the ground in West Africa, helping those who are still fighting for their lives. On 23 March 2015, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will mark the one year commemoration since the Ebola epidemic was officially declared in West Africa. On this date, we will launch our global Words Against Ebola campaign, to help end the negative misconceptions about Ebola, and remind people it’s still far from over. The goals of this campaign are to promote knowledge and awareness, alleviate fear, fight stigma, overcome complacency, and create a community of global support to get to zero cases of Ebola. Elhadj As Sy – Secretary General, IFRC
