Presentation of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2013 - Intra-African trade: Unlocking private sector dynamism (under embargo until 11 July at 5 p.m. GMT) Supachai Panitchpakdi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Taffere Tesfachew, Director, Division on Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD
Press Conference by the Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Introductory briefing by the members of the Commission of Inquiry on DPRK Mr. Michael Kirby, Chair Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Special Rapporteur on the DPRK Ms. Sonja Biserko
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013 The continued success in global tobacco control is detailed in this year’s WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013. The fourth in the series, this year’s report presents a snapshot of the tobacco control measures, with country-specific data updated and aggregated through 2012. (The report will be available on password-protected site that will be shared with journalists as soon as it is ready. All material will be embargoed until Wednesday, July 10 at 18h Geneva time.) Dr. Douglas Bettcher, WHO, Director, Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases Dr. Armando Peruga, WHO, Programme Manager, Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases
WHO update on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director- General, Health Security and Environment, WHO
Press Conference by the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation
Concert of Yuri Bashmet and the International Chamber Children's Orchestra of 3 July at 6.30 p.m. Yuri Bashmet, conductor and musician, Professor and Chair of the Moscow Conservatory Anatoly Karpov, President of the International Foundations of Peace Association, Ambassador of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and world chess champion Elmira Scherbakova, Head of the Organizing Committee of Russian Cultural Seasons
Revised Emergency Appeal for Syria. Update on IFRC/Syrian Arab Red Crescent Operations in Syria. Mr Bekele Geleta, Secretary-General, IFRC Mr Walter Cotte, IFRC Under-Secretary General (Programme Services) Mr Simon Eccleshall, IFRC Head of Disaster and Crisis Management
Road transport: Renewables set to be competitive with fossil fuels by 2020. Main launch of new IRENA report entitled “ROAD TRANSPORT: THE COST OF RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS” (80 pages; English only) Mr. Michael Taylor, responsible for IRENA’s international analysis of renewable technology costs and performance, and main author of the report.
