Daily schedule - 4 September 2014

04 September 2014

 

9:30 a.m. Press conference by Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.
10:30 a.m. Press conference to launch a new report by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, entitled “Who Will Care for Us? Grave Violations against Children in North-eastern Nigeria.” Speakers will be: Ms. Jo Becker, Director, Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, and Chair of Watchlist’s Advisory Board; Ms. Janine Morna, Research Officer for Watchlist and author of the report; Mrs. Saudatu Mahdi, Secretary General of Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), member of the Nigeria National Human Rights Commission governing council; and Mr. Justin van Fleet, Chief of Staff to Rt. Honorable Gordon Brown, MP, Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, and representative for the Safe Schools Initiative.
11:15 a.m. Press conference by Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Mr. Lake will brief reporters on the largest-ever compilation of data on violence against children.
12:00 p.m. Spokesman's Noon Briefing.
   

p.m. (following Consultations)

Press Encounter

Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the joint mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) to address press at the Security Council Stakeout following Consultations on the Middle East.

  Attendance at press conferences is limited to accredited journalists. Press attachés may attend a press conference sponsored by their mission.