Geneva International Discussions - 14th round: Press Conference by the Russian Federation
Geneva International Discussions - 14th round: Press Conference by the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin, State Secretary, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Head of delegation
Presentation of the UNCTAD/UNDP Creative Economy Report 2010 Supachai PANITCHPAKDI, Secretary General of UNCTAD Edna DOS SANTOS-DUISENBERG, UNCTAD, Chief, Creative Economy and Industries Programme
The launch of the 2010 WHO World Malaria Report. This event will occur simultaneously in Geneva and New York with a videoconference link. Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization Mr. Ray Chambers, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria Dr. Awa Collseck, Executive Director, Roll Back Malaria – her statement will be read Dr. Rob Newman, Global Malaria Program Director will be available to answer questions
Launch under embargo of the "Global Wage Report – Wage policies in times of crisis" 2010/11 edition For publication on or after 4 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, 15 December 2010. Ms. Manuela Tomei, Director of the Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL) of the ILO Mr. Patrick Belser, Labour Economist at TRAVAIL
International Mountain Day – Melting glaciers and mountains at risk · Christophe Bouvier, UNEP Director for Europe - climate change, mountains and glaciers · Harald Egerer, UNEP, Vienna, Mountain Expert - glaciers around the world are melting at an alarming rate · Patrick Z. Brun - Swiss mountain climber and wine maker - who has seen climate change first hand on the slopes · Marinah Empiricos - Verbier GPS - mobilising the local community to save the slopes · Lam Dorji, Executive Director, Royal Society for the Protection of Nature, Bhutan
Embargoed news conference: WHO announcement on new rapid diagnostic test for TB, MDR-TB and TB/HIV (The embargo will lift 11.30 a.m. Wednesday, 8 December 2010) Dr. Jorge Sampaio, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis Dr. Mario Raviglione, Director, Stop TB Department, WHO Dr. Karin Weyer, Coordinator, TB Diagnostics and Laboratory Strengthening, Stop TB Department, WHO Dr. Giorgio Roscigno, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
