Launch of the report ‘Health risk assessment from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami based on a preliminary dose estimation’ - a comprehensive estimate of the health risks from radiation exposure for people living in Fukushima Prefecture, in other regions of Japan, and in the rest of the world, as well as the risks for workers and emergency workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Dr Maria Neira, Director, Department of Public Health and Environment, WHO Dr Angelika Tritscher, Acting-Director, Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses, WHO Dr Roy Shore, Report co-author, Vice-Chair of the US-Japan Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan (via audio link)
WHO is releasing new global estimates on the number of people living with hearing loss on the occasion of International Ear and Hearing Day, 3 March Dr Shelly Chadha, Department of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness, WHO Dr. Gretchen Stevens, Department of Mortality and Burden of Disease, WHO
Mr. Eamon Gilmore, T.D., Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland will address the press at a stakeout on behalf of the European Union
New UNCTAD Publication - Global Value Chains and Development: Investment and Value Added Trade in the Global Economy. (Embargoed until 27/02/2013 at 5 p.m. GMT) Supachai Panitchpakdi, UNCTAD Secretary-General James Zhan, Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD
H.E. Mr. Ali Zeidan, Prime Minister of Libya, will address the press at a stakeout following his declaration at the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council.
Stakeout by the Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, will address the press at a stakeout, following his declaration at the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council.
Briefing by the Secretary-General Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait on his role and activities Dr. Abdullah Al Matouq, Secretary-General Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait
Syrian Humanitarian Forum Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), USAID Kelly Clements, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, US Department of State
Press Conference following the Syrian Humanitarian Forum Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Mr. Claus Sorensen, Director-General, European Commission Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) Mr. Atta El Manaan Bakhit, Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Mr. Manuel Bessler, Vice-Director, Delegate for Humanitarian Aid and Head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit