| Date | Org | Activity | City | Contact |
| 19 Aug | UN | The Geneva World Humanitarian Day commemoration is organized in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The solemn ceremony will be held on Tuesday, 19 August 2025 at 4 p.m., outside the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room (Room XX). Click here to view the event programme. For more information and to register please use Indico.UN. The event will also be webcast live at this link. | ||
| 21 Aug | UN | International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism | ||
| 22 Aug | UN | International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief | ||
| 23 Aug | UN | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO] | ||
| 25 Aug | HRC | Organizational meeting for the 60th regular session of the Human Rights Council | Geneva | ohchr-hrcmedia@un.org |
25-29 Aug
| UNECE | Joint Meeting of Experts on the Regulations annexed to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways | Geneva | Jean-Isaias Rodriguez +41 (0)79 444 5081 |
| 26 Aug | HRC | Intersessional high-level panel discussion on the incompatibility between democracy and racism | Geneva | ohchr-hrcmedia@un.org |
26-28 Aug
| UNECE | 33rd session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat
| Geneva | Jean-Isaias Rodriguez +41 (0)79 444 5081 |
| 27 Aug | UN |
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| 27 Aug | UNIDIR | Addressing illicit arms in Eastern Africa: A role for the Arms Trade Treaty Analysing challenges and opportunities for tackling the illicit arms trade in East Africa. | Geneva | unidir.comms@un.org |
| 28 Aug | UNIDIR | Preventing diversion through end-use and end-user controls Examining options for strengthening end-use control systems to implement the Arms Trade Treaty’s diversion prevention provisions. | Geneva | unidir.comms@un.org |
| 28 Aug | UNIDIR | A novel approach to the 11 UN norms for responsible State behaviour in cyberspace: Guidelines for gendered implementation Exploring how to make cybersecurity policy and practice more inclusive, gender-aware and responsive to people’s needs. | Virtual | unidir.comms@un.org |
| 29 Aug | UN | International Day against Nuclear Tests | ||
| 30 Aug | UN | International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances | ||
| 31 Aug | UN | International Day for People of African Descent | ||
31 Aug 3 Sep | ITU | Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) 2025 | Hybrid | pressinfo@itu.int |
| 1 Sep | WIPO | 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 | HRC | First 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 education
| Geneva | ohchr-hrcmedia@un.org |
| 1- 3 Sep | UNECE | 13th Expert Forum for Climate Change-
| Geneva | Jean-Isaias Rodriguez +41 (0)79 444 5081 |
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