Presentation of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2012: Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in Africa Supachai PANITCHPAKDI - UNCTAD Secretary-General Taffere TESFACHEW - UNCTAD - Director - Division on Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes
Geneva International Discussions - 20th round: Press Conference by the Co-Chairs
Geneva International Discussions - 20th round: Press Conference by the Co-Chairs Philippe Lefort, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the crisis in Georgia Antti Turunen, United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions and the Joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Pádraig Murphy, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus
Press Conference with the IPCC's Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the IPCC Dr. Thelma Krug, Co-Chair of the TFI Mr. Taka Hiraishi, Co-Chair of the TFI Dr. Simon Eggleston, Head, Technical Support Unit, TFI
The world is running out of treatment options for gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that affects an estimated 106 million people every year. In new guidelines, WHO is calling for greater vigilance on correct use of antibiotics and more research into alternative treatment regimens for gonococcal infections. Dr Manjula Lusti- Narasimhan Scientist, WHO, Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Dr Carmen Pessoa Da Silva, Medical Officer, WHO, Department for Infection Control and Publications
Launch of GEO-5: UN's Most Comprehensive Assessment of the Global Environment The report is strictly embargoed, and not for publication until after 4:00 p.m. Geneva time, 6 June 2012. Mr. Jan Dusik, UNEP Regional Director for Europe (acting) will place GEO-5’s key messages in the context of the Rio+20 Conference; Mr. Ron Witt, UNEP/DEWA Regional Coordinator for Europe will give an overview of GEO-5; Mr. Lazslo Pinter, Professor at Central European University (CEU, Budapest) will highlight some of the major global findings and results of GEO-5, particularly of the future scenarios; Mr. Nicolai Dronin, Professor at Moscow State University, will highlight European policies responding to the five selected “key challenges” which have been most successful to date.
