| Date | Org | Activity | City | Contact |
| 20 Apr | UN | Chinese Language Day | ||
| 21 Apr | UN | World Creativity and Innovation Day
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| 21 Apr | UNRISD | 2026 Digital World Conference (DWC): AI for Social Development
| Geneva | karima.cherif@un.org |
| 21 April | UNESCO | UNECE Forum Side event: Digital on the edge - Accelerating Digital Technology Readiness for the 2030 Agenda in Climate Extremes (08h30-09h45) | Geneva | Samuel PARTEY +390412601512 |
| 21 – 22 April | UNECE | Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2026 | Geneva | Jean-Isaias Rodriguez +41 79 444 5081 |
| 21-23 April | HRC | 13th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development- New York | media-humanrightscouncil@un.org | |
| 22 Apr | UN | International Mother Earth Day
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| 22 Apr | UNIDIR | Quantum technologies in the context of nuclear disarmament and arms control: A multi-stakeholder dialogue On potential implications of quantum for arms control, nuclear disarmament, risk reduction | Hybrid | unidir.comms@un.org |
| 22 Apr | UNRISD | Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth: A Global Roadmap for a New Economy. UNRISD (co-organizer) | Geneva | karima.cherif@un.org |
| 22 Apr | ILO | Report launch: The psychosocial working environment: Global developments and pathways for action | Geneva | Newsroom@ilo.org |
| 22 Apr | WMO | Earth Day FAO/WMO will release report on extreme heat and agriculture. Press release under embargo. Geneva/ Rome | Geneva | Clare Nullis +41-79-7091397 |
| 23 Apr | UN | World Book and Copyright Day [UNESCO]
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| 23 Apr | UNECE | Press Conference at 10:30. Subject: Critical Minerals: myths and realities
Speaker:
| Geneva | Jean Rodriguez, jean.rodriguez@un.org ; (+41)794445081 Thomas Croll-Knight thomas.croll-knight@un.org |
| 23 Apr | UNDPKO | Press Conference at 12 p.m. Subject: Update on UN Peacekeeping and Mine Action Work
Speaker: | Sophie Boudre
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| 23 Apr | ITU | International Girls in ICT Day, on the theme “AI for Development: Girls Shaping the Digital Future”:
Space Connect webinar: “Girls & Space: Pathways to the stars” | Hybrid
| pressinfo@itu.int |
23 – 24 April
| UNECE | Working Group on Environmental
| Geneva | Jean-Isaias Rodriguez +41 79 444 5081 |
| 24 Apr | UN | International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace | ||
| 24-30 Apr | UN | World Immunization Week, 24-30 April [WHO] | ||
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| 27 Apr | WMO | State of the Climate in Europe 2025 report by Copernicus Climate Change Service and WMO. Embargoed online media briefing with WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo, ECMWF head and EU commissioners. Please register here.
Report launch is on 29.4.2026. Details here | Geneva | Clare Nullis +41-79-7091397 |
| 27 Apr | UNIDIR | Navigating a new era for nuclear energy in the Middle EastOn evolving drivers of nuclear energy development in the Middle East and nuclear proliferation given recent security dynamics | Virtual | unidir.comms@un.org |
27 – 30 April
| UNECE | Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling | Geneva | Jean-Isaias Rodriguez +41 79 444 5081
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| 27-30 April | HRC | 7th session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on private military and security companies | Geneva | media-humanrightscouncil@un.org |
27 Apr 1 May
| UNECE | UNECE Resource Management Week 2026 | Geneva | Jean-Isaias Rodriguez +41 79 444 5081 |
27 Apr 1 May | HRC | 16th session (part 1) of the Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | Geneva | media-humanrightscouncil@un.org |
| 28 Apr | UN
| World Day for Safety and Health at Work | ||
| 29 Apr | UN | International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes | ||
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| 4-5 May | UNIDIR | Cyber Stability Conference 2026 On how cyber governance can adapt to rapid tech changes such as AI and quantum | Hybrid | unidir.comms@un.org |
| 4-15 May | HRC | 52nd session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review | Geneva | media-humanrightscouncil@un.org |
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