Access:
Pre-registration advised. Event is open to all
journalists, but space is limited.
Pre-registration stop when tickets run
out.
Pre-register here:
https://event.webinarjam.com/register/8/gqr91urFor
interviews, contact: Ms. Sandrine Rastetter,
srast...@unccd.int.
Overview:
Scheduled to coincide with the June 5, World
Environment Day, participants will consider the
relationship between poverty, climate change and
economics. These remain burning issues, whose
acuteness is even more evident with Covid-19.
The UNCCD plays a critical role in its global
efforts to slow and reduce land use change and
to improve the livelihoods of the over 1.5
billion people directly affected, a majority of
whom live in poverty. We invite you to join the
panelists to discuss applicable solutions in the
interest of humanity. This is our planet and its
protection and future are our common
responsibility.
HIGH-LEVEL
PANEL (ADVANCE
NOTICE)When:
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, TIME (TO BE
DETERMINED)
What:
High-Level Panel session on
Food.
Feed. Fibre. highlighting progress to
combat desertification over the last decade as
well as future challenges and the significance
of the planned actions to massively restore land
during the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration
starting in 2021.
Who:
Panelists at ministerial and above levels
will participate in this panel to be moderated
by
Ibrahim Thiaw,
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
and Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat
Desertification.
Where:
Virtual Panel Session via Zoom
.
Information on simultaneous interpretation to be
provided later.
Overview: The
high-level panel session will take place on
Desertification and Drought Day, on 17 June.
Details to follow.
Access:
Event will be open to all journalists,
but space may be limited.
All information
about 2020 Desertification and Drought Day
available here:
https://www.unccd.int/actions17-june-desertification-and-drought-day2020-desertification-and-drought-day/globalDownload
background paper of theme in any of UN
languages:
https://www.unccd.int/actions17-june-desertification-and-drought-day/2020-desertification-and-drought-day Notes
to
Editors:Exclusive
interviews: Requests for interview with
the Executive Secretary are welcomed, and will
be prioritized based on the information
provided. Required information: Expected
Publisher and publication date, circulation (and
languages), interviewer (include bio or link),
proposed date and duration of interview,
indicative list of questions. Requests should be
sent to Katheryn Jimenez (
Kjim...@unccd.int),
and copy to
pr...@unccd.int
or
secre...@unccd.int.
The
Schedule for the Online Events planned for 17
June (nine hours in total) will be released on
the UNCCD website (
www.unccd.int)
on Friday, 5 June from 18:00hrs CET. Contact Ms.
Yukie Hori,
yh...@unccd.int
to request the use of these materials provided
for the day’s programming.
Press package
in all official UN languages will be posted
online on Wednesday, 10 June 2020 at 18:00hrs
CET. Contents: Photographs, interviewees and
their contacts, 2-minute film clips for use by
broadcast media and 2 human interest
stories.
The embargoed press release for 17
June will be distributed in all official
languages on Monday, 15 June 2020 at 18:00 CET.
Requests for an advance version should be sent
to
pr...@unccd.int.
Press
contacts:
pr...@unccd.int,
wwisch...@unccd.int
(tel:
+49 173 268 7593)
kjim...@unccd.int.
