Live Schedule

Previously
2024-10-25T08:00:00-04:00
0400am
Informal meeting with States parties; public launch of general recommendation No. 40
2024-10-25T08:00:00-04:00
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".
2024-10-25T08:30:00-04:00
0430am
UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva
2024-10-25T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
The UNAT 2024 Fall Session will be held from 14 to 25 October 2024.  On 25 October 2024,  the outcome of the judgments rendered during the 2024 Fall Session will be announced by the Judges in the UNAT's oral proceedings in CR 6.
2024-10-25T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
This event highlights the importance of diversity and inclusion in sport for LGBTI persons, in particular, the inclusion of trans, gender-diverse, and intersex individuals. This event will focus on the findings of the upcoming report by Alexandra Xanthaki, the Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights, which will be presented at the Third Committee.
2024-10-25T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
(Continued) Open debate of the Security Council under the agenda item "Women and peace and security".
2024-10-25T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
Disarmament and International Security Committee.
2024-10-25T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
Legal Committee.
2024-10-25T14:00:00-04:00
1000am
Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee.
2024-10-25T14:15:00-04:00
1015am
Daily Press Briefing hosted by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity at COP16.
2024-10-25T14:45:00-04:00
1045am
Colombia and Sweden launching Legacy Project: Bioeconomy, Climate Action and Ecological Restoration – United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2024.
2024-10-25T15:00:00-04:00
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.
2024-10-25T15:00:00-04:00
1100am
Closing of session
2024-10-25T15:00:00-04:00
1100am
Hybrid briefing by Cecilie Bailliet, Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity.
2024-10-25T15:30:00-04:00
1130am
Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) remains a grave and pervasive issue in conflict and post-conflict zones worldwide, affecting primarily women and girls, but also men and boys.  
2024-10-25T16:00:00-04:00
1200pm
Frontline and Indigenous women leaders and global advocates will present solutions and strategies to tackle the interlinked biodiversity and climate crises, emphasizing the importance of gender equity, food sovereignty, forest protection and reforestation, traditional ecological knowledge, Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), protection of environmental human rights defenders, and financing genuine solutions in the Global Biodiversity Framework.
2024-10-25T16:00:00-04:00
1200pm
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
2024-10-25T16:30:00-04:00
1230pm
Hybrid briefing by Waanja Kaaria, WFP's Representative and Country Director in Haiti (remotely from Haiti), and Lola Castro, WFP's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean (remotely from Panama), on the situation in Haiti.
2024-10-25T16:30:00-04:00
1230pm
Stocktake Press Conference at COP 16.
2024-10-25T17:00:00-04:00
0100pm
Hybrid briefing by Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health.
2024-10-25T17:00:00-04:00
0100pm
Recent research spanning six countries by UEBT in partnership with UN Biodiversity finds that awareness of biodiversity is its highest ever, with 90% awareness of people ages 16-75 in France, the UK, Brazil and China.  In Germany and the USA more than 75% are aware of biodiversity.  More than 80% can correctly define its meaning.  
2024-10-25T17:15:00-04:00
0115pm
The side event is jointly organized by UNODA, CTBTO, IAEA and OPCW. Representatives of the global disarmament and non-proliferation architecture will explore how rapid scientific and technological advances could impact the effectiveness of existing treaty regimes and how these regimes are adapting to ensure they remain robust and fit for purpose.
2024-10-25T17:30:00-04:00
0130pm
Hybrid briefing by Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
2024-10-25T17:30:00-04:00
0130pm
IIFB will present their perspectives on the progress and opportunities presented by COP16 negotiations, and the opportunities to advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the Cali outcomes. 
2024-10-25T18:00:00-04:00
0200pm
Press Conference: Commission on Water and Biodiversity of the Senate of the Republic. 
2024-10-25T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to hold an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on "Systematic violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Russian Federation".
2024-10-25T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
Disarmament and International Security Committee.
2024-10-25T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
Legal Committee.
2024-10-25T19:00:00-04:00
0300pm
Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee.
2024-10-25T19:30:00-04:00
0330pm
Press conference by World Wildlife Fund.
2024-10-25T20:00:00-04:00
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.
2024-10-25T20:30:00-04:00
0430pm
The severity of the global water crisis is known and understood, but the debate on solutions is currently not fit-for-purpose. The Global Commission on the Economics of Water has just published an important report which argues that only system-wide economic solutions are fit to address the crisis. 
2024-10-25T21:35:00-04:00
0535pm
The groundbreaking work in Nature for Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation and Resilience, and Just Transition of Indigenous and local communities from the UNDP Equator Prize network sets a global benchmark for local sustainable development.  Their nature-based solutions show clear pathways to address the intertwined biodiversity and climate crises.
2024-10-25T22:30:00-04:00
0630pm
Press Conference with the Secretary of Tourism for the City of Cali Mabel Lara at COP 16.
2024-10-26T00:30:00-04:00
0830pm
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.