Launch of the new ILO global report "Accelerating action against child labor". Press conference under embargo, for publication on or after 00:01GMT on Saturday 8 May. Ms. Constance Thomas, ILO, Director of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) Mr. Frank Hagemann, ILO, Chief of Policy and Research, IPEC
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010 - Sustaining Recovery and Dynamism for Inclusive Development (Embargo 06/05/10 at 5.00 am GMT) Publication by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Heiner Flassbeck, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD Alfredo Calcagno, Senior Economist, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
Investment Policy Review - Belarus Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD H.E. Mr. Andrei Kobyakov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus H.E. Mr. Nikolai Snopkov, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus
UNCTAD - Empretec Women in Business Award 2010 Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi - Secretary-General of UNCTAD Ms. Bisila Bokoko - Executive Director, Spain-US Chamber of Commerce Ms. Gerry Elsdon - CEO, Cinnamon Communications
Inscription of the Archives of the League of Nations (1919-1946) in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register Pierre Le Loarer, Chief Librarian Sigrun Habermann-Box, Chief, Registry, Records and Archives Unit
Volcano in Iceland: How long can it happen and what mitigation measures can be implemented? Brigitte Leoni, ISDR Henry Gaudru, President of the European Volcanological Society
Launch of the UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) which centralizes key information/data, highlights challenges and elucidate where efforts stagnate for achieving the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. Maria Neira,Director for the Department of Public Health and Environment, WHO Robert Bos, Coordinator, Department for Public Health and Environment, WHO