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Recent Press Releases & Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Press Conferences

UNCTAD Press Conference
13 September 2010 11:00 - 11:45
Presentation of the Trade and Development Report 2010 - Employment, Globalization and Development (Embargoed 14/09/10 5 PM GMT)
Supachai Panitchpakdi - UNCTAD Secretary General
Heiner Flassbeck - Director of the UNCTAD Division for Globalization and Development Strategies

Press Conference by the SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict
14 September 2010 14:00 - 14:45
Special Representative's presentation of her Report to the Human Rights Council and of the newly launched Working Paper "The Rights and Guarantees of Internally Displaced Children in Armed Conflict".
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict

WIPO Press Conference
15 September 2010 11:00 - 11:45
Release of report "World Intellectual Property Indicators 2010"
Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General

Press Conference by the Independent Expert (Water and Sanitation)
15 September 2010 12:00 - 12:45
Private Sector Participation in Water and Sanitation Service Delivery
Catarina de Albuquerque, Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe water and sanitation

Press Conference by the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria
16 September 2010 11:00 - 11:45
Ahead of the Millennium summit in New York (20 -22 September), the Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, will speak about the progress achieved and the challenges that remain.
Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

WMO Press Conference
16 September 2010 12:00 - 12:45
A new report released by the World Meteorological Organization and the UN Environment Programme highlights progress in protecting the ozone layer which is so vital to life on earth and explores the complex relationship with climate change. The publication marks the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Len Barrie, Director, WMO Research Department
Geir Braathen, Senior Scientific Officer, WMO Atmospheric Environment Research Division