ANNOUNCEMENTS

ILO - Isabel Piquer Hubert (Zoom)

• · Resumption of the International Labour Conference on 25th November

TOPICS

CTBTO - Robert Floyd (B-128), Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization

• ·
  25th anniversary of the opening for signature of the CTBT and why there
  is a critical point in disarmament and non-proliferation affairs that
  requires the treaty to enter into force

FAO - Dominique Burgeon (Zoom) with Maximo Torero (Zoom), FAO Chief Economist

• · Key highlights of the FAO flagship State of Food and Agriculture Report 2021 (SOFA2021)

OHCHR - Marta Hurtado (B-128)

• · Pre-electoral violence in Honduras
• · Stalled transitional justice in Nepal

WFP - Tomson Phiri (Zoom)

• · WFP operations in Ethiopia

UNHCR Shabia Mantoo (B-128)

• · Displaced Yemenis struggle to access aid as fighting intensifies in Marib

UNICEF - James Elder (Zoom), with Karin Heissler (Zoom), UNICEF Regional Adviser
for Child Protection in West and Central Africa

• · The West and Central Africa region most affected by grave violations against children in armed conflict

IPU -  Thomas Fitzsimons (Zoom) with Zeina Hilal (Zoom), Manager of the
Gender Equality Programme and the Youth Programme at the IPU

• · Report on violence against women in parliaments in Africa

OCHA - Jens Laerke (B-128)

• · Update on Afghanistan Flash Appeal

WHO - Christian Lindmeier (B-128) with Steve Solomon (Zoom), WHO Principal Legal Officer

• · Update on World Health Assembly (WHA) Special Session 29 Nov - 1 Dec

• · WHO issues guidelines on thetreatment of children with multi-system inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19