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Calendar of Geneva-based activities of interest to the Press

2 to 16 December 2024

DateOrgActivityCityContact
2 DecUN

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

 

  
2 DecUNDP (with GEN)

Pushing Boundaries Through Collective Climate Action: How citizens can drive systems change and catalyze climate action?

An event inviting participants to join leading voices in climate advocacy to explore, together, succesful forms of citizen-led climate action and their positive impact in shaping climate policies. 

Geneva

Sarah Bel

sarah.bel@undp.org

2 DecUNESCO

World Futures Days 

https://webcast.unesco.org/events/2022-12-WFD/

Virtual 
2 DecWTOCommittee on Balance-of-Payments RestrictionsGeneva 

Melissa Begag

+41 (0)22 739 5562

2 DecWTOCouncil for Trade in GoodsGeneva

Daniel Pruzin

+41 (0)22 739 6395

2-6 DecITU

World Radiocommunication Seminar (WRS-24)

Hybridpressinfo@itu.int

2-6 Dec

UNECE

Working Party on Passive Safety

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

3 DecUN

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

3 DecOCHA

Press Conference. Press briefing on the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2025, the UN and partners’ annual humanitarian appeal

embargoed until Wednesday, 4 December 2024 at 0600 CET / 0000 ET

Speaker:  Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

 

Geneva

Jens Laerke 

laerke@un.org

3 DecWTO

Council for Trade in Goods

Geneva

Daniel Pruzin

+41 (0)22 739 6395

4 DecWTOTrade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD)Geneva

Ivy Zhang

+41 (0)22 739 6395

4 DecUN

International Day of Banks

 

  
4.DecWMO

WMO hosts Climate Action Plan for International Geneva (2050Today high-level meeting)

https://2050today.org/events-3rd-2050today-high-level-meeting/

 

Geneva

bperrin@wmo.int

+41 (0)79 513 0512

4 DecUNIDIR

Where are the women ambassadors? Insights from the 2024 Women in Diplomacy Index

New stats on women’s representation at the ambassadorial level across the globe and expert discussion on how to improve it

Genevaunidir.comms@un.org 

4-6 Dec

 

UNECE

ECOSOC Sub-Committee of Experts on the

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

 

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

 

5 DecUNIDIR

Unpacking the AI-cyber nexus in malicious ICT activities

On results of a recent study into how AI solutions are changing both offensive and defensive capabilities in malicious ICT activity

Hybridunidir.comms@un.org
5 DecWTO

Committee on Specific Commitments

Geneva

Melissa Begag

+41 (0)22 739 5562

5 DecWTO

Working Party on the Accession of Uzbekistan

Geneva

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

5 DecWTO

Committee on Trade in Financial Services

Geneva

Melissa Begag

+41 (0)22 739 5562

5 DecWTO

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Geneva

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

5 DecUN

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

World Soil Day

  
     
6 DecWTOCouncil for Trade in ServicesGeneva

Melissa Begag

+41 (0)22 739 5562

6 DecWTOWorking Party on the Accession of UzbekistanGeneva

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

6 DecUNIDIRMultistakeholder dialogue on cloud computing governance and international security
On cloud computing risks, opportunities and governance challenges
Hybridunidir.comms@un.org
7 DecUN

International Civil Aviation Day

 

 
9 DecUN

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime

International Anti-Corruption Day

 

 
9 DecHRCInteractive dialogue on the oral update by the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in NicaraguaGeneva

Pascal Sim

simp@un.org 

9 DecHRCOrganizational session for the 19th cycle of the Human Rights Council (2025).Geneva

Pascal Sim

simp@un.org

9 DecWTOInformal Committee on Market AccessGeneva

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

9 DecWTOWork Programme on Electronic CommerceGeneva

Dana Bajjali

+41 (0)22 739 6014

9 DecWTOWTO Virtual Annual Agriculture SymposiumGeneva

Ivy Zhang

+41 (0)22 739 6395

9-10 DecUN Trade and DevelopmentGlobal Commodities ForumGeneva 

catherine.huissoud@un.org

+41 (0)79 502 4311

10 DecUN

Human Rights Day

 

 

10 Dec

UNECE

Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on

Environmental Impact Assessment in a

Transboundary Context

 

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

 

10-13 Dec

UNECE

85th meeting of the Aarhus Convention

Compliance Committee

 

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

 

11 DecUN

International Mountain Day

 

  
11 DecUNIDIRTechnology and security seminar on 6G: Preparing for the next generation of connectivity
On 6G wireless communications and initiatives on security, resilience, global interoperability
Hybridunidir.comms@un.org
11 DecWTOCommittee on Customs ValuationGeneva 

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

11 DecWTOTrade Policy Review Body - Solomon IslandsGeneva

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

11 DecWTOTrade Policy Review Body meeting on MonitoringGeneva

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

11 Dec ILOLaunch of the ILO Social Dialogue Report 2024Genevanewsroom@ilo.org 
11-12 DecITUITU-ETSI Symposium on ICT Sustainability: Standards Driving Environmental InnovationHybridpressinfo@itu.int
12 DecUN

International Day of Neutrality

International Universal Health Coverage Day

 

 
12 Dec WTO Formal Trade Negotiations Committee Meeting and Informal Heads of Delegation MeetingGeneva

Ismaila Dieng

+41 (0)22 739 5015

13 DecWTOTrade Policy Review Body – Solomon IslandsGeneva

Fernando Puchol

+41 (0)22 739 6175

13 DecHRCInteractive dialogue on the oral update by the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaGeneva

Pascal Sim

simp@un.org 

16 DecWTOGeneral CouncilGeneva

Ismaila Dieng

+41 (0)22 739 5015

16 Dec ILOLaunch of the ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant WorkersGenevanewsroom@ilo.org

16-17 Dec

UNECE

Joint meeting of the Working Parties on Railtransport and on Intermodal Transport andLogistics

Geneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org 

16-20 DecHRC10th session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rightsGeneva

Pascal Sim

simp@un.org

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