HRC Press Conference / Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
The press conference will be webcast live at http://webtv.un.org Doudou Diène, President of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi Françoise Hampson, Member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
Presentation of the first UN Trade Forum: SDGs and Climate Change - 9-13 September 2019 – Palais des Nations
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, UNCTAD, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD
OHCHR Press Conference (Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen)
Kamel Jenoubi, Chair of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen Melissa Parke, International Expert Charles Garraway, International Expert
Publication of the Digital Economy Report 2019 – Value Creation and Capture: Implications for Developing Countries (embargoed until 4 September 2019 at 5 p.m. GMT)
Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General
Shamika Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics , UNCTAD
UNHCR’S 2019 Refugee Education Report
UNDER STRICT EMBARGO until Friday, 30 August 2019, 05:00 GMT Melissa Fleming, Head of the Global Communications Service and Spokesperson for the High Commissioner, UNHCR As this will be Melissa Fleming’s last press conference in her current capacity at UNHCR, we would like to invite attending journalists for a coffee/tea after the press conference. Kindly rsvp to Farha Bhoyroo at bhoyroo@unhcr.org – Thank you
Measles and rubella elimination
EMBARGOED UNTIL 04:00 GMT (06:00 CEST) – Thursday, 29 August 2019 This week, WHO’s Regional Office for Europe will publish the conclusions of the annual meeting of the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC). This briefing will reveal the measles and rubella elimination status of countries in the European Region. There will also be a discussion and a chance to ask questions about global measles and rubella vaccination coverage and elimination progress. Will be webcast after embargo on http://webtv.un.org/ Dr Siddhartha Datta, Programme Manager, Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunization, WHO Regional Office for Europe Dr Kate O’Brien, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO
Update on WHO Ebola operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Will be webcast live on http://webtv.un.org/ Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme
Release of a UNICEF Child Alert “Education Under Threat in West and Central Africa”
EMBARGOED until 0800 GMT Friday, 23 August 2019 Muzoon Almellehan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director
Press Conference at the request of the Permanent Mission of Latvia
Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (thematic focus of the Presidency, gender and gender-based violence)
Ambassador Jānis Kārkliņš, President of the 5th Arms Trade Treaty Conference of States Parties Anna Macdonald, ATT Advisor
UN Environement Press Conference - Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Briefing on World Wildlife Conference – CITES CoP18, Palexpo, Geneva, 17-28 August 2019
Ivonne Higuero, CITES Secretary-General David Morgan, Chief, Governing Bodies and Meeting Services Haruko Okusu, Chief, Knowledge Management and Outreach Services Tom De Meulenaer, Chief, Scientific Services Juan Carlos Vasquez, Chief, Legal Affairs & Compliance Ben Janse van Rensburg, Chief, Enforcement Support
