PRESS CONFERENCE

Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, briefs the press on the Secretary-General's annual report on Children and Armed Conflict.

Martin Griffiths holds his last briefing in his official capacity as Special Envoy on the situation in Yemen.

Press Conference: The 14th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Press briefing by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, during the G7 Summit.

UN Global Compact Executive Director Sanda Ojiambo and the Chief Executive Officer of CDP, Paul Simpson, brief correspondents on new research from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a body enabling businesses to set ambitious emissions reduction targets, that reveals that none of the G7’s leading stock indexes are currently aligned with a 1.5°C or 2°C pathway, and calls on the largest listed G7 companies to urgently increase climate action.

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), briefs the press on the General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS with co-facilitators Neville Gertze, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations; and Mitch Fifield, Australia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Yana Panfilova, a person openly living with HIV and member of GNP+ Global Network of People Living with HIV.

Press Conference by Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia and President of the Security Council for the month of June, on the Council’s programme of work for the month.

Monthly Press Briefing by First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy.

Press Conference by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.

Lynn Hastings, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, briefs the press on the launch of a $95 million flash appeal to support people in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.