Providing oral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic WHO is releasing guidance for public health authorities, chief dental officers at ministries of health and oral health care personnel. The guidance addresses the prioritization of patients, screening for COVID-19, and measures…

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL TUESDAY, 4 AUGUST at 1.00 p.m. GMT (3 p.m. GENEVA TIME) First universal ratification of an ILO Convention Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General ILO. Corinne Vargha, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance…

Launch of the report: “’On this journey, no one cares if you live or die’: Abuse, protection, and justice along routes between East and West Africa and Africa’s Mediterranean coast” Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean (Room III) Ayala Erin Bonfiglio, Regional…

Discussing global trends related to freedom of expression with UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Dr. Agnès Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Launch of report by the Commission of Inquiry on Syria focussing on events in Idlib and surrounding areas from 1 November 2019 to 1 June 2020 (mandated by HRC resolution 43/28 of 22 June 2020; scheduled to be presented to the HRC on 14 July) Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Independent Commission of…

COVID-19 and tourism: Assessing the economic consequences Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Division on International and Commodities, UNCTAD Ralf Peters, Chief of the Trade Information Section, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD

Thank you so much, really a pleasure connecting with you again, of course, I had hoped it could be in person, sitting together with you in Geneva. Maybe in the not too distant future, we will be able to do that again. I am sure you are just as busy as we are covering COVID-19, among other headlines…

Arabic versionمبعوث الأمم المتحدة لسوريا غير بيدرسون إحاطة لمجلس الأمن 29 نيسان/أبريل 2020 ______السيد الرئيس 1- دعا أعضاء مجلس الأمن الشهر الماضي "كافة الأطراف لضمان فترة مستدامة من الهدوء على كامل الأراضي السورية وأعادوا التأكيد على الحاجة إلى التطبيق الكامل لقرار مجلس الأمن 2254". وقد…

Arabic version Thank you, Mr. President, 1. Since my briefing two weeks ago, I cannot report any progress in ending the current violence in the northwest or in reconvening the political process. 2. Yesterday, the Secretary-General called for an immediate ceasefire in northwest Syria and for…