ANNOUNCEMENTS

-HRC                Rolando
Gomez

·        
Human Rights Council update

-UNECE        Jean
Rodriguez

·        
9th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water
Convention (29 September-1 October 2021)

-WTO               Fernando Puchol

·        
WTO Public Forum next week          

-UNIS for UNCTAD

·        
UNCTAD will release a report on its assistance
to the Palestinian people on Tuesday, 28 September. Embargoed press materials
on the report are available in the UNCTAD virtual newsroom. A hybrid press
conference on the report will be held on Monday, 27 September, at 2:30 p.m.
under embargo.

In
addition, UNCTAD will release its Digital Economy Report 2021 on                 Wednesday,
29 September. Embargoed press materials on the report are available             in the UNCTAD virtual newsroom. A hybrid press
conference on the report will   be held
on Tuesday, 28 September, at 3:30 p.m. under embargo.

COVID-19

-WHO               Margaret Harris Dr Janet Diaz, head of clinical
care

·        
WHO is updating its clinical care guidance to
include the drugs casirivimab and imdevimab (produced by Regeneron) for
treatment for non-severe COVID-19 patients who are at highest risk of
hospitalisation                               

TOPICS

-OCHA             Jens Laerke

·        
Update on floods in Sudan

-WFP                Tomson Phiri

·        
Drought in south western Angola