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Calendar of Geneva-based activities of interest to the Press

1 to 15 September 2025

DateOrgActivityCityContact

31 Aug

3 Sep

ITUGlobal Symposium for Regulators (GSR) 2025 Hybridpressinfo@itu.int 
1 SepOHCHR

Press Conference at 12:30 p.m.). Subject: 

The UN disability rights committee (CRPD) to present findings on DPRK, State of Palestine (situation of people with disability in Gaza), Finland, Kiribati, and Maldives

Speakers (joining online):  

  • Miyeon KIM - Chairperson
  • Abdelmajid MAKNI - Vice Chair
  • Rehab Mohammed BORESLI - Commitee member
  • Muhannad Salah AL-AZZEH - Committee member
  • Mara Cristina GABRILLI - Committee member 

Moderator in the Press Room.

 

Vivian KWOK vivian.kwok@un.org

1 SepWIPO

Release of WIPO’s Global Innovation Index (GII) Ranking of World’s Top 100 Innovation Clusters (this is an advance release of a chapter in the GII. The full GII will be released on Sept 16 in Geneva, with a press conference on Sept 15)

Hong Kong (but advance copies and interview opportunities also available for journalists in Geneva

Geneva

Samar Shamoon 

+41 (0)79 332 4949 samar.shamoon@wipo.int

 

Ed Harris Edward.harris@wipo.int 

1-3 Sep HRCFirst session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education and free secondary educationGenevaohchr-hrcmedia@un.org 
1- 3 Sep

UNECE

 

13th Expert Forum for Climate Change-Related StatisticsGeneva

Jean-Isaias Rodriguez 

+41 (0)79 444 5081

jean.rodriguez@un.org

3 SepHRC

Press conference at 10:30 a.m. 

Subject:  

60th regular session of the Human Rights Council

Speaker:  

  • Ambassador Jürg Lauber, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Geneva

Pascal Sim

simp@un.org

2 SepWMO

El Niño/La Niña Update 

Press release

Geneva

Clare Nullis

+41 (0)79 709 1397

cnullis@wmo.int

5 SepWMO

Annual WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin

Press release 

Geneva

Clare Nullis

+41 (0)79 709 1397

cnullis@wmo.int

5 SepUN

International Day of Charity

 

  
7 SepUN

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

International Day of Police Cooperation

World Duchenne Awareness Day

 
8 SepUN

International Literacy Day [UNESCO]

 

 
9 SepUNInternational Day to Protect Education from Attack  
9 SepWMO

WMO Conference: AI for Weather Prediction

Press release (issued from Geneva)

 

Clare Nullis

+41 (0)79 709 1397

cnullis@wmo.int

9-10 SepUNIDIROuter Space Security Conference 2025 Brings together diplomats, industry, the military, academia and civil society to tackle complex challenges for outer space security.Hybrid unidir.comms@un.org 
10 SepThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaLaunch of Results Report 2025Geneva 

Ann Vaessen

Benjamin Szlakmann

Ravini Senanayake

 

12 SepUNUnited Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 
15 SepUN

International Day of Democracy

 

 

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