A new report released by the World Meteorological Organization and the UN Environment Programme highlights progress in protecting the ozone layer which is so vital to life on earth and explores the complex relationship with climate change. The publication marks the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Len Barrie, Director, WMO Research Department Geir Braathen, Senior Scientific Officer, WMO Atmospheric Environment Research Division
Press Conference by the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria
Ahead of the Millennium summit in New York (20 -22 September), the Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, will speak about the progress achieved and the challenges that remain. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Press Conference by the Independent Expert (Water and Sanitation)
Private Sector Participation in Water and Sanitation Service Delivery Catarina de Albuquerque, Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe water and sanitation
Press Conference by the SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict
Special Representative's presentation of her Report to the Human Rights Council and of the newly launched Working Paper "The Rights and Guarantees of Internally Displaced Children in Armed Conflict". Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
Presentation of the Trade and Development Report 2010 - Employment, Globalization and Development (Embargoed 14/09/10 5 PM GMT) Supachai Panitchpakdi - UNCTAD Secretary General Heiner Flassbeck - Director of the UNCTAD Division for Globalization and Development Strategies
Challenges of growth, employment and social cohesion, ILO/IMF Conference (Oslo, 13 September) Stephen Pursey, Director ILO Department of Policy Integration, Senior Adviser to the Director-General Philippe Egger, Deputy director ILO DG Cabinet, Senior Adviser to the Director-General
Briefing on the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-10) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which will be held in Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010. At Cop 10 governments from around the world will make three key decisions that will determine whether current and future generations continue to benefit from nature’s riches (post 2010 strategy, financing, protocol on access and benefit sharing). Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Launch of the UNRISD flagship report, Combating Poverty and Inequality Ms. Sarah Cook, UNRISD Director Mr. Yusuf Bangura, UNRISD Research Coordinator and lead author of the report
