Press conference on the vote by the International Labour Conference on the recommendation on HIV/AIDS at the workplace Dr. Sophia Kisting, Director of the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work Ms. Thembi Nene-Shezi (South Africa), Chairperson of the HIV/AIDS Committee Mr. Patrick Obath (Kenya), Employers’ Vice-Chair Mr. Jan Sithole (Swaziland), Workers’ Vice-Chair
Presentation of the 2010 Economic Development in Africa Report (main launch) Supachai Panitchpakdi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Charles Gore, Special Coordinator for cross-sectoral issues in the UNCTAD Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Special Programmes
Presentation of the Third OECD-UNCTAD G20 Investment Measures Report (Under strict embargo until Monday, 14 June 2010, at 1 p.m. GMT, 3 p.m. Geneva time) Kathryn Gordon - OECD - Head, Freedom of Investment Unit - Investment Division James Zhan - UNCTAD - Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise (DIAE)
Presentation of the report : "The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories" Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Regional Director of the Regional Office for Arab States, ILO Mr. Friedrich Buttler, Special Representative of the Director General
Getting the Millenium Development Goals back on track Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa Richard Kozul-Wright, Chief, Unit for Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries, UNCTAD
Geneva International Discussions - Press Conferences
The 11th round of the Geneva International Discussions will take place in Geneva on Tuesday, 8 June 2010. After the meeting, a series of press conferences will take place in Room III, Palais des Nations. The press conferences will last approximately 30 minutes each and will follow each other in the order shown below. They should start at approximately 5:00 p.m. (time TBC).
1) Three Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Pierre Morel, Special Representative of the European Union Antti Turunen, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Georgia Bolat Nurgaliev, Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
2) Russian Federation
Grigory Karasin, State Secretary, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Head of delegation
3) Georgia
Giorgi Bokeria, First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergi Kapanadze, Director of the Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shota Utiashvili, Department Head, Ministry of Internal Affairs
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Philip Alston, will reflect on his six years in this post, and review the strengths and weaknesses of the system as he has encountered them. He will be presenting country reports on Colombia, the DRC, Brazil and the CAR, in addition to the findings of new studies on targeted killings, police accountability, and election violence Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
INSARAG (International Search and Rescue Advisory Group): Haiti, lessons learned (INSARAG is a global network of more than 80 countries and disaster response organisations under the UN umbrella. INSARAG deals with urban search and rescue (USAR) related issues.) Ambassador Toni Frisch, Chairman, INSARAG Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, Director of Civil Protection, Government of Haiti Rudolf Müller, Chief, Emergency Services Branch, OCHA Geneva Timothy Callaghan, Chairman, INSARAG Americas
Joint study on global practices in relation to secret detention in the context of countering terrorism - main messages from the interactive dialogue with States and NGOs that will take place in the Human Rights Council on Thursday morning. Martin Scheinin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Shaheen Sardar Ali, Vice-Chair of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
