Resettlement and other forms of humanitarian admission for Syrian refugees Following the pledging conference on this topic taking place in Room XVII from 2 to 6pm the same day, the UN refugee agency chief will talk about the need for places and the results of the conference. Further background material and broadcast quality video is available here http://unhcr.org/syriarst/ António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Launch of IPU statistics and trends on human rights abuses of parliamentarians – a year in review. Rogier Huizenga, Head of IPU´s Human Rights Programme
Launch of the World Malaria Report 2014. Embargoed until 00.01 a.m. GMT / 01.01 a.m. CET, Geneva, on Tuesday, 9 December 2014 Dr Pedro L. Alonso, Director of the Global Malaria Programme, WHO Dr Richard Cibulskis, Lead author of World Malaria Report 2014, WHO
Launch of the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2015 to support people affected by disaster and conflict A press package with details of the appeal is expected to be available to the accredited press in the Palais des Nations earlier in the day on Monday 8 December. The material will be embargoed until the end of the press conference Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
First Global Think Tank Summit, Geneva, 4-6 December 2014 James G. McGann, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Organizer) Thomas Biersteker, the Graduate Institute, Geneva (Organizer) Fatima Harrak, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (Morocco) Jae-Ha Park, Asian Development Bank Institute (Japan) Fernando Straface, Centro de ImplementaciOn de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (Argentina) George C. Varughese, Development Alternatives Group (India) Representative, Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs (TBC)
Launch of the report: "Global Wage Report 2014/2015". under embargo until Thursday, 4 December at 23:00 GMT Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director-General Patrick Belser, main author of the report
Making human rights a reality in business Bob Collymore – CEO of Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom Idar Kreutzer – CEO Finance Norway – the industry organisation for banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions in Norway Alejandra Ancheita – Executive Director of ProDesc, Mexican lawyer and activist fighting for rights of migrants, workers and indigenous communities
Presentation of the "Rebirth Project" with Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in the context of UN70 Acting Director-General Michael Møller Ambassador Maurizio Enrico Luigi Serra, Permanent Representative of Italy Mr. Michelangelo Pistoletto
