UNIS/MA/95
Vienna, 23 January 2015

MEDIA ADVISORY

The United Nations lnformation Service (UNIS) Vienna

and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR)

invite you to a

Press Conference

by

United Nations Human Rights Expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte

Friday, 30 January 2015 at 11:30

VIENNA, 23 January (UN Information Service) - United Nations human rights expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte will carry out her first official visit to Austria from 22 to 30 January 2015 to assess the human rights situation of older persons in the country.

At the press conference, Ms. Kornfeld-Matte will share the preliminary findings of her visit with the media.

WHEN: Friday, 30 January 2015 at 11:30

WHERE: Vienna International Centre (VIC), C-building, 7 th floor, Conference Room 6

Media representatives who wish to attend and who are not accredited to the VIC should write to press@unvienna.org before 12:00 (noon) on Thursday, 29 January 2015.

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For further information please contact:

Reka Furtos
Public Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-83019
Mobile: (+43-699) 1458-3019
Email: reka.furtos[at]unvienna.org

or

Khaled Hassine
Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights
Telephone: (+41-22) 917-9367, during the visit: (+41-79) 201-0125
Email: khassine[at]ohchr.org, or olderpersons[at]ohchr.org