In advance of World TB Day (24 March) WHO and the Global Fund will outline some key priorities for tackling tuberculosis and addressing a new threat posed by multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). They will detail the resources required and funding gaps in 118 low and middle income countries over the next three years. Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization Dr Mark Dybul, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Dr Mario Raviglione, Director, Stop TB Department, World Health Organization Dr Eliud Wandwalo, Senior Specialist on Tuberculosis, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
United Nations Forum on Sustainable Standards Kristin Dypedokk - Green Economy Team (Trade and AgriFood) - Division of Technology, Industry and Economics - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Oliver von Hagen - Market Analysis and Research - Division of Market Development - International Trade Centre (ITC) Ulrich Hoffmann - Senior Trade Policy Adviser -Division on International Trade and Commodities - UNCTAD Claudio Scaratti - Director - Geneva Office of the United Nations Industrial Developement Organization (UNIDO) Ann Tutwiler - Special Representative of FAO to the United Nations Organizations in Geneva
New record for economic losses from disasters in 2012 Elizabeth Longworth, UNISDR Director Professor Debby Guha-Sapir, Director of the CRED International Disaster Data Base
Global Commodities Forum 2013 Samuel GAYI, Chief of the Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD Janvier Nkurunziza, Chief, Commodity Research and Analysis Section, Special Unit on Commodities, UNCTAD
Release of the Global status report on road safety 2013 (under embargo for Thursday 14 March 2013 at 10:00 Geneva time) Etienne Krug, Director, Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, WHO Kelly Henning, Director of Public Health Programmes, Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Special Rapporteur will talk about the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran and his second report to the Human Rights Council. Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Special Rapporteur will talk about his annual report to the Human Rights Council in which he detailed nine patterns of human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, many, if not all of which, may amount to crimes against humanity. He will also discuss the need for an inquiry mechanism to examine the issues of institutional and personal accountability for such violations. Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
