ILO’s preliminary assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on specific economic sectors
Alette van Leur, Director, ILO Sectoral Policy Department (SECTOR) Mariangels Fortuny, head of the Forestry, Agriculture, Construction and Tourism Unit (FACT) Brandt Wagner, head of the Transport and Maritime Sectors Unit (MARITIME) Oliver Liang Head of the Private and Public Services Sectors Unit (SERVICES) Casper N. Edmonds , Head of the Extractives, Energy and Manufacturing Unit (E²M) Christiane Wiskow, Senior Health Services Specialist
Briefing on the global emergency supply system being set up by WFP on behalf of the global humanitarian community to fight COVID-19. To allow for deeper analysis and exchange about the system, the first 30 minutes will be off-record and on background. The last 15 minutes will be on-record.
Amer Daoudi , WFP Senior Director Common Support Services (logistics) John Crisci, WFP Chief supply chain Steve O’Malley, Chief OCHA COVID Team
Release of a UNIDIR report on the latest trend in autonomous weapons systems: “Swarm Robotics – Technical and Operational Overview of the Next Generation of Autonomous Systems”
Giacomo Persi Paoli, Report author, UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Launch of the report: ILO Monitor 2nd edition: COVID-19 and the world of work
Under embargo until Tuesday, 7 April 2 p.m. GMT (4 p.m. Geneva time) Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General Sangheon Lee, Director, ILO Employment Policy Department
International Patent System in 2019. International Trademark & Design Systems in 2019. Other results of WIPO in 2019.
Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General
Launch of food security report on West Africa region
Eric Branckaert, WFP Senior Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) Adviser Alexandre Lecuziat, WFP Senior Regional Emergency Preparedness and Response Adviser
Press conference from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Forty-Third Session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/43/61)
Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
