Calendar of activities of interest to the Press
18 January to 1 February 2021
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DATE |
ORG |
ACTIVITY |
CITY |
CONTACT |
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18-29 Jan |
HRC |
HRC Universal Periodic Review Working Group 37th session Human rights reviews of following States (in order): Micronesia, Lebanon, Mauritania, St Kitts & Nevis, Australia, St Lucia, Nepal, Oman, Austria, Myanmar, Rwanda, Georgia, Nauru and Sao Tome and Principe. Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall and: |
Hybrid
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Rolando Gómez +41 (0)22 917 9711 + 41 (0)79 477 4411
Matthew Brown mbrown@ohchr.org
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18 Jan- 26 March |
UNODA |
Conference on Disarmament, First Part |
Geneva |
Erika Kawahara |
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20-21 Jan |
UNECE |
(WP.30/GE.1) Group of Experts on Conceptual and Technical Aspects of Computerization of the TIR Procedure (1st session) Palais des Nations,Tempus 2 and :
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Hybrid |
Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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22 Jan |
UNECE |
(WP.30/GE.1) Informal preparatory meeting for the second session https://unece.org/transport/events/wp30ge1-informal-preparatory-meeting-second-session
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Online |
Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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22 Jan
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ILO |
Launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour – Virtual event: https://2021internationalyearfortheeliminationofchildlabour.org/2020/08/18/join-the-first-event-of-the-international-year/ |
Geneva |
Rosalind Yarde +41 (0)79 646 0480 |
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24 Jan |
UN |
International Day of Education (A/RES/73/25)
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25 Jan |
ILO |
Launch of ‘ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the World Work, 7th edition’ Embargoed virtual press briefing with ILO DG, Guy Ryder |
Geneva |
Rosalind Yarde +41 (0)79 646 0480 |
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25 Jan |
WTO |
Dispute Settlement Body |
Geneva |
Dan Pruzin +41 (0)22 739 6395 |
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25 Jan |
WTO |
Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development (JSI) |
Geneva |
Fernando Puchol +41 (0)22 739 6175 |
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25 Jan |
WMO |
Climate Adaptation summit WMO hosts event on Investing in early warning and early action. With ministers, executive heads, and speakers from countries at the front line of climate change. |
Geneva/Virtual |
Clare Nullis +41 (0)79 709 1397 |
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25-29 Jan |
UNECE |
Sixty-ninth meeting of the Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention |
Online
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Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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25-29 Jan
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UNECE |
(WP.15/AC.2) Joint Meeting of Experts on the Regulations annexed to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (37th session) |
Geneva |
Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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25-29 Jan |
OSE Syria |
Fifth Session of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee
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Geneva |
Jenifer Fenton +41 (0)76 691 1160 |
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25-31 Jan |
Various |
International Holocaust Remembrance. Facing the Aftermath: Recovery and Reconstitution after the Holocaust"Keeping the Memory Alive - Dimensions in Testimony" This video project keeps the memory of Holocaust survivors alive by featuring their interactive biographies on the exterior walls of the Beth Yaacov Great Synagogue of Geneva. Organized jointly by the European Union Delegation and the Permanent Mission of Israel in Geneva, together with the United Nations in Geneva, the Communauté Israélite de Genève, and the World Jewish Congress, in cooperation with the USC Shoah Foundation. The general public will be able to view the interactive biographies daily from 5 to 10 p.m. |
Geneva |
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26 Jan |
UN |
Ciné ONU Vienna, Brussels and Geneva, |
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26 Jan |
WTO |
Committee on Trade Facilitation |
Geneva |
Jessica Hermosa +41 (0)22 739 6175 |
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26-29 Jan
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UNECE |
(WP.29/GRBP) Working Party on Noise and Tyres (73rd session) https://unece.org/transport/events/wp29grbp-working-party-noise-and-tyres-73rd-session
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Geneva |
Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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27 Jan |
UN |
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (A/RES/60/7) Official ceremony in Geneva will pay tribute to those who perished in Nazi death camps. Holocaust survivor Fanny Ben-Amy will tell of her family experience of loss and survival. The ceremony will feature remarks by:Tatiana Valovaya, UN Geneva Director-General, Meirav Eilon Shahar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva, Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva. Germany chairs the International Holocaust-Remembrance Alliance in 2020/2021. It will also include several musical interludes by the renowned Israeli pianist Amit Weiner. |
Virtual |
UNIS Geneva
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27 Jan |
WTO |
Committee on Trade Facilitation |
Geneva |
Jessica Hermosa +41 (0)22 739 6175 |
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27 Jan |
WTO |
Trade Policy Review of Nicaragua |
Geneva |
Fernando Puchol +41 (0)22 739 6175 |
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28 Jan |
WTO |
Informal Committee on Market Access |
Geneva |
Fernando Puchol +41 (0)22 739 6175 |
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28 Jan
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UNECE |
Fifth Meeting of the Working Group on Code of Good Practice https://unece.org/trade/events/fifth-meeting-working-group-code-good-practice |
Online |
Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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29 Jan |
WTO |
Trade Policy Review Body of Nicaragua |
Geneva |
Fernando Puchol +41 (0)22 739 6175 |
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29 Jan |
UNECE |
(ADN) Administrative Committee of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (25th session) |
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Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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1-5 Feb |
UNECE |
(WP.29/GRVA) Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (9th session) |
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Jean Rodriguez +41 (0)22 917 2727
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