Release of provisional WMO annual statement on the state of the global climate in 2012, with details of average temperatures and main weather and climate extremes during the first ten months of 2012 Michel Jarraud - WMO Secretary General Omar Baddour - WMO Scientific Expert
Presentation of the Information Economy Report 2012 - The Software Industry and Developing Countries (Embargoed 28/11/2012 5:00 p.m. GMT) Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD Anne Miroux, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
Concluding observations by the UN Committee against Torture - Gabon, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Qatar, Russian Federation, Senegal, Tajikistan and Togo Mr. Claudio Grossman, Chairperson of the Committee against Torture
Presentation of the Least Developed Countries Report 2012 - Harnessing Remittances and Diaspora Knowledge to Build Productive Capacities Embargo 26 November at 5:00 p.m. GMT Supachai Panitchpakdi, UNCTAD Secretary General Taffere Tesfachew, Director, UNCTAD Division for Africa, LDCs and Special Programmes Zeljka Kozul-Wright, Chief, Least Developed Countries Section, UNCTAD Division for Africa, LDCs and Special Programmes
Launch of the State of the World Population 2012 – By Choice, not by Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development EMBARGO 14 November 2012, 12 GMT/13:00 Geneva time Ms. Dianne Stewart, Director, Information and External Relations Division, UNFPA
IFRC Emergency Appeal for Syrians displaced by conflict in neighbouring Turkey. Simon Eccleshall - Head, Disaster and Crisis Management Hakan Karay - Senior Disaster Response Officer Pierre Kremer – Head, Communication Department
Press Conference following the Syrian Humanitarian Forum
Please note that, after the Syrian Humanitarian Forum, the following will hold a press conference: Introductory remarks and feedback from the meeting by: Radhouane Nouicer, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Panos Moumtzis, Regional Refugee Coordinator, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Claus Sorensen, Director-General, European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) Panel members available for questions: Lauren Landis, Director, World Food Programme (WFP) Richard Brennan, Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Shoko Shimozawa, Deputy Director, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)