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UN Geneva Press Briefing - 12 September 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- WIPO,Edward Harris: Calendar announcement with so more details about the embargoed press materials, press conference and launch of the WIPO Global Innovation Index
- WMO, Clare Nullis: Ozone Bulletin and State of Global Water Resources for release next week
UNIS on behalf of WTO: Ceremony to mark the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on Monday, 15 Sept at 9 a.m..
Embargoed press briefing on the WTO's 2025 World Trade Report focusing on artificial intelligence Tuesday, 16 Sept at 9:30 a.m.
Opening of the 2-day WTO Public Forum on Wednesday, 17 Sept
TOPICS
- - OHCHR, UNICEF, UNHCR, Liz Throssell with James Heenan, Heads of OHCHR for North Korea team: DPRK, A decade after COI report on DPRK, a new report shows more suffering, repression and fear
- Ricardo Pires with Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF’s Country Representative: Afghanistan earthquake - report on the dire situation for families as well as UNICEF’s planned response and urgently required funding
- Olga Sarrado with Arafat Jamal, UNHCR Representative to Afghanistan connecting: Thousands of Afghans return under adverse circumstances from Pakistan to Afghanistan’s earthquake-affected areas; funds to respond running dry
- Marie-Helene Verney, UNHCR Representative in South Sudan; New, deadly floods displace over 100,000 in South Sudan; conflict and funding cuts impede
- WHO, Christian Lindmeier (Zoom) with Dr Patrick Otim, Programme Area Manager, WHO: Ebola outbreak DRC update
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