Committee Against Torture Concluding Observations on Benin, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, and the United Kingdom
Jens Modvig (Chairperson) Felice Gaer (Vice-Chairperson) Claude Heller (Vice-Chairperson) Abdelwahab Hani Sébastien Touze Ana Racu Diego Rodrigues-Pinzón
IFRC is seriously concerned that the Ebola situation is “spiraling out of control” – press conference will feature a creative visual opportunity
Dr. Emanuele Capobianco, Director of Health, IFRC
State of Commodity Dependence Report 2019 (embargoed until 15 May 2019 at 9:00 p.m. GMT)
Alexandra Laurent, Statistics Assistant, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD Rodrigo Carcamo, Economic Affairs Officer, Commodity Research and Analysis Section, Division on International Trade, UNCTAD
WHO’s first Guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia
Currently there is no cure for dementia. Much can be done, however, to delay or slow the onset or progression of the disease. WHO’s first Guidelines on risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia present recommendations on healthy behaviours to reduce the risk of dementia An embargoed copy of the Guidelines is available on request Dr Neerja Chowdhary, Technical Officer, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
UNRWA’s work and emergency operations, in the face of 2019 political and financial challenges
Matthias Schmale, Director of UNRWA Operations, Gaza Gwyn Lewis, Director of UNRWA Operations, West Bank
UN Habitat / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Press Conference
Launch of IDMC/NRC Global Report on Internal Displacement 2019
Please note that this will be webcast live on webtv.un.org. (Please note that the live stream may not be accessible on all mobile devices.)
Alexandra Bilak, IDMC Director Jan Egeland, Secretary General of NRC Graham Alabaster, UN Habitat
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (UNEP) and FAO Press Conference
Clean Planet, Healthy People: Main Outcomes of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, 29 April-10 May. Presentation of actual decisions
The press conference will be live on www.webtv.un.org
Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary (UNEP), Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions Hans Dreyer, Executive Secretary (FAO), Rotterdam Convention Paul Rose, Explorer and Broadcaster
Update on the humanitarian situation in the Sahel
Mbaranga Gasarabwe, United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Mali Bintou Djibo, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Niger Metsi Makhetha, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Burkina Faso
Update on the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, with a special focus on Gaza
Jamie McGoldrick, Humanitarian Coordinator for occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
Report launch ‘Sand and sustainability: Finding new solutions for environmental governance of global sand resources’
Growing populations, shifting consumption patterns, urbanization and other factors mean that demand for sand has increased three-fold over the last two decades. Global annual demand for sand and gravel stands at 40-50 billion tonnes, making them the second largest resource extracted and traded by volume after water. The extraction of sand and gravel from the seabed has led to pollution, flooding, the lowering of water aquifers, beach erosion and more frequent droughts. Unsustainable sand extraction also has social consequences, as it can hamper tourism and other livelihoods. This report points to more effective management and regulation as demand for sand continues to grow. It comes weeks after the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a new resolution on mineral resource governance. Pascal Peduzzi, Director, GRID-Geneva
