Live Schedule

Previously
2024-10-24T08:00:00-04:00
0400am
Consideration of Türkiye (cont'd)
2024-10-24T08:00:00-04:00
0400am
Election of members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
2024-10-24T08:00:00-04:00
0400am
The 4th IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum will be held on 24–25 October 2024 as a hybrid event (live in person at the IMO Headquarters in London and online). The theme of the Innovation Forum this year is: "Innovation to Support Maritime Decarbonization with Focus on Developing Countries".
2024-10-24T09:30:00-04:00
0530am
The UN Secretary-General is addressing the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. The BRICS Summit is the highlight of Russia's Chairship of BRICS in 2024.
2024-10-24T13:45:00-04:00
0945am
Joint comments to the media by Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation, on behalf of the Security Council Signatories of the Statement of Shared Commitments for the Principles of Women, Peace and Security.
2024-10-24T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
19th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements on the theme of "Invigorate Innovation and Local Leadership for a Sustainable Urban Future" - Opening & High-level Dialogue 
2024-10-24T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
Open debate of the Security Council under the agenda item "Women and peace and security".
2024-10-24T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
General Assembly: 24th plenary meeting, 79th session.
2024-10-24T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
Disarmament and International Security Committee.
2024-10-24T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee.
2024-10-24T14:15:00-04:00
1015am
Daily Press Briefing hosted by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity at COP16.
2024-10-24T15:00:00-04:00
1100am
The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024. During COP16, governments will be tasked with reviewing the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
2024-10-24T15:00:00-04:00
1100am
This third official gathering of University for Peace (UPEACE) faculty, colleagues and partners to a roundtable series on Peace Innovation also coincides with the UPEACE research publication, Innovating for Peace, including invited papers from participants in the first Peace Innovation Roundtable held at UPEACE Headquarters in Costa Rica in May 2022.
2024-10-24T15:00:00-04:00
1100am
Press Conference: Defending the CBD's de facto moratorium on genetically modified (GM) trees: 100+ organizations demand precaution and that Brazil cancel its approval of GM trees.
2024-10-24T15:30:00-04:00
1130am
Civil society members will share insights into the CBD process and why geoengineering is a risk to climate and biodiversity, peoples and communities.
2024-10-24T16:00:00-04:00
1200pm
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
2024-10-24T16:00:00-04:00
1200pm
Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon and diverse biomes of Brazil will present their calls for biodiversity and climate action at COP16 and going forward through to the UNFCCC COP30.
2024-10-24T17:30:00-04:00
0130pm
Press Conference: What Colombia's Fossil Fuel Commitment Means for Nature.
2024-10-24T18:00:00-04:00
0200pm
Kunming Biodiversity Fund Executive Council Press Briefing.
2024-10-24T18:30:00-04:00
0230pm
Press Conference by Third World Network: Will COP16 Legitimize Digital Biopiracy?
2024-10-24T18:45:00-04:00
0245pm
Comments to the media by Mona al-Khalili, Minister for Women's Affairs of the State of Palestine, and Civil Society representatives on on the National Day of Palestinian Women, Peace and Security, and the situation in Palestine.
2024-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
19th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements on the theme of "Invigorate Innovation and Local Leadership for a Sustainable Urban Future" - Parallel Sessions & Summary and Recommendation
2024-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
Disarmament and International Security Committee.
2024-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee.
2024-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
General Assembly: 25th plenary meeting, 79th session.
2024-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
Legal Committee.
2024-10-24T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
(Continued) Open debate of the Security Council under the agenda item "Women and peace and security".
2024-10-24T19:30:00-04:00
0330pm
Rainforest Action Network, the Forest & Finance coalition, Movement for Popular Sovereignty in Mining and other CSOs are calling for the UN to stop the promotion of corporate capture initiatives like the controversial Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).
2024-10-24T20:00:00-04:00
0400pm
The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024. During COP16, governments will be tasked with reviewing the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
2024-10-24T21:00:00-04:00
0500pm
Press Conference with Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Vice President of Colombia: Conclusions of the 1st International Afro-descendant Forum in CBD Blue Zone.