PRESS CONFERENCE

Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), briefs press on the launch of the report "Chilling Prospects: Providing Sustainable Cooling for All".

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Tarcila Rivera Zea, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; and Janene Yazzie, Diné of New Mexico, brief journalists on the respect of the rights of indigenous peoples related to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Press conference on the finalization of the Intergovernmental negotiations of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration document that will be formally adopted in Marrakech, Morocco, in December 2018.

Press Briefing by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Press Briefing by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) on the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2018) (organised by the Permanent Mission of Austria).

Press Briefing by Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July.

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 found that conflict and climate change were major contributing factors leading to growing numbers of people facing hunger and forced displacement, as well as curtailing progress towards universal access to basic water and sanitation services.

Press Briefing by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) on the Third Review Conference on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (RevCon3), to review progress made in the implementation of the Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons and its International Tracing Instrument.

Press Conference by Ninette Kelley, Director of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on the launch of UNHCR’s Global Trends Report.

Press Briefing sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations entitled, “Global numbers on arms holdings: Small Arms Survey update”.