World Post Day 2014: Posts claiming their place in the changing communication landscape Bishar A. Hussein, Director General, UPU Pascal Clivaz, Deputy Director General, UPU Natasa Milosevic, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, winner of the 2014 UPU International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People
Launch of the new OHCHR report on the human rights situation in Ukraine The report will be shared under strict embargo at 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday 8 October, by email. The embargo will be lifted at 12pm Geneva time. Gianni Magazzeni, Chief of the Americas, Europe, and Central Asia Branch
Agenda and the main issues to be discussed at the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which is to take place from 13 to 18 October 2014 in Moscow, Russian Federation Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of the Convention Secretariat
World Investment Forum 2014: Building Bridges with the Private Sector Mukhisa KITUYI, Secretary-General, UNCTAD James ZHAN, Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD
On 7 October 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an informal consultation ( by audio conference) on how science can inform our response to Ebola virus disease. A group of scientists with expertise in Ebola control will work with WHO to review the current science and information emerging from the countries experiencing epidemics of Ebola virus disease Professor Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Outcomes of the 65th session of UNHCR’s annual Executive Committee meeting António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees H.E. Ambassador CHOI Seokyoung (Republic of Korea), Chairperson of UNHCR’s Executive Committee
Launch of Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 (advance launch under embargo until 6 October at 7.00 a.m. Geneva time) Paul Leadley, Professor, Université Paris-Sud, (coordinator of the technical report which underpins the findings in GBO4)
