Geneva Press Briefing: OHCHR, HRC, UNHCR, FAO, UNRSF, WHO, UNCTAD
Production Date
Video Length
01:40:07
Summary
Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing Chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
Description
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HRC - Rolando Gomez
• Human Rights Council announcement
UNCTAD - Catherine Huissoud
• New Publication: A New Centre of Gravity: the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and its Trade Effects
WHO - Margaret Harris
• Establishment of a children's cancer medicines platform
TOPICS
OHCHR - Rupert Colville
• Human Rights Day
• Libya expulsions
• Myanmar killings, escalation of violence
UNHCR - Boris Cheshirkov
• Tensions over resources trigger fighting in Cameroon -- at least 30,000 forced to flee to Chad
FAO - Adriano Timossi with Rosalaura Romeo, FAO Programme Officer, Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS),
• Celebration of the UN International Day of Mountains 2021 on the theme Sustainable Mountain Tourism
UNRSF - Stéphanie Schumacher with Anastasia Kalinina, Fundraising Officer for the UNRSF
• Presentation of the UNRSF campaign #moments2live4