Biweekly Geneva Press Briefing Chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
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