Geneva Press Briefing: UNICEF, UNHCR, OHCHR

29 August

International Day against Nuclear Tests

30 August

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

31 August

International Day for People of African Descent

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ITU                 David Hirsch

·      SDG Digital (17 September)

TOPICS

UNICEF         James Elder (PR) with Regina de Dominicis, UNICEF's Regional Director for                       Europe and Central Asia, (PR)

·      How attacks on schools have continued unabated throughout the war in Ukraine, and the impact the war is having on Ukrainian children's education

UNHCR         Matthew Saltmarsh (PR) with Emmanuel Gignac, UNHCR Representative in                        Niger

·      UNHCR fears an escalating protection crisis in Niger, urges swift action

OHCHR         Jeremy Laurence (PR) with Pia Oberoi, Senior Advisor on Migration and Human                Rights- Asia Pacific. (From Bangkok)

·      Online Scam Operations And Trafficking Into Forced Criminality In Southeast Asia

Marta Hurtado (PR)

·      Ethiopia deteriorating human rights situation