Ongoing drought situations and the need for national drought-management policies Dr Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, Director, Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch, World Meteorological Organization Mr Sergio A. Zelaya-Bonilla, Coordinator, Policy for Advocacy on Global Issues, UN Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat
Joint press conference by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, and the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Anne C. Richard. They will offer insights from their visit to Burkina Faso to review the Mali refugee operation and to draw international attention to the neglected West African refugee crisis. They will also respond to queries on other crises such as South Sudan and Syria Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The UN Human Rights Committee presents its concluding observations on Armenia, Iceland, Kenya, Lithuania and the Maldives. Ms. Zonke Majodina, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee Mr. Michael O'Flaherty, Vice Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee Mr. Gerald Neuman, Member of the Human Rights Committee
Launch of the report Together we will end AIDS, ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference (22-27 July 2012). The main launch of the report will be on 18 July at 10:30 a.m. EST (2:30 p.m. GMT) in Washington DC. The embargoed briefing in Geneva will be held several hours ahead of the main launch. Peter Ghys, Chief, Data for Action, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
WHO at the XIX International Aids Conference: News briefing on ‘The strategic use of antiretrovirals to help end the HIV epidemic’ Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, Director, HIV Department, WHO Dr Yves Souteyrand, Coordinator, HIV Department, WHO
Following the Syrian Humanitarian Forum, a stakeout will be held with the participation of: Mr. John Ging, Director, Coordination and Response Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr. Claus Sorensen, Director-General, European Community Humanitarian office (ECHO), European Commission Mr. Sulaiman Al Awadi, Director, Islamic Cooperation Humanitarian Affairs Department (ICHAD), Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mr. Radhouane Nouicer, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Mr. Panos Moumtzis, Regional Refugee Coordinator, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children, according to a review commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) and to be published in the medical journal The Lancet. (Under embargo until Thursday, 12 July 2012 at 00:01 GMT) Dr Tom Shakespeare, WHO Technical Officer, Disability and Rehabilitation Dr Christopher Mikton, WHO Technical Officer, Violence Prevention
