Geneva Press Briefing: OSE Syria, UNCTAD, WTO, UNHCR, UNICEF, OCHA, FAO, WMO, UNEP, UNECE
Production Date
Video Length
01:30:58
Summary
Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing Chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
Description
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OSE Jenifer Fenton (Room XXVII)
- · Update on the Syrian constitutional committee
WTO Fernando Puchol
- · Media accreditation for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference
UNCTAD Catherine Huissoud (Room XXVII)
- · WIF 2021 update
WMO Clare Nullis (Room XXVII)
- · WMO forthcoming reports for COP26 - Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, Global State of Climate
TOPICS
UNICEF James Elder (Room XXVII)
- · Deteriorating situation for children in Yemen
FAO Luca Russo (Via Zoom), Senior Food Crises Analyst and Team Leader in Office of Emergency and Resilience at FAO
- · October 2021 Update of the Global Report against Food Crisis
UNHCR Boris Cheshirkov (Via Zoom) with Arafat Jamal, UNHCR Representative in South Sudan (Via Zoom from Juba)
- · South Sudan floods wreak havoc on vulnerable communities
UNEP Alejandro Laguna (Via Zoom)
- · Production Gap Report, which analyses the trends in the production of fossil fuels and its impact on the fight against climate change. The report will be launched on Wednesday, 20 October.
WMO Clare Nullis (Room XXVII)
- · State of Climate in Africa
UNECE Jean Rodriguez (Via Zoom)
- · 7th Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention