For information only - not an official document

UNIS/MA/266
Vienna, 7 January 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY

The United Nations lnformation Service (UNIS) Vienna
invites media representatives to a

Press Breakfast on priorities and key events for 2020 of the Vienna-based UN organizations and agencies

on

Wednesday 15 January 2020 at 11 a.m.

at the

Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-Austria)
Hofburg/Stallburg, Reitschulgasse 2/2 (first floor), 1010 Vienna

Introductory remarks by:

Martin Nesirky
Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna

Welcoming remarks by:

Gerhard Pfanzelter
Board member of Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-Austria)

Speakers include:

Kai Bethke
Director of External Relations and Policy Research, Department of External Relations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Fredrik Dahl
Spokesperson, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Brian Hansford
Chief, Advocacy Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Gill Tudor
Chief of Public Information, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Highlights for 2020 from other Vienna-based United Nations organizations will also be publicized at the briefing, including from the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), the Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Vienna Office, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) and the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention - UN Environment Vienna. Representatives of some of these organizations will be present and there will be a chance to speak to them one-to-one at the press breakfast.

Please register for the breakfast by writing to press@unvienna.org by Monday 13 January 2020.

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For further information please contact:

Anne Thomas
Public Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-5588
Mobile: (+43-699) 1459-5588
Email: anne.thomas[at]un.org

or

Veronika Crowe-Mayerhofer
News and Media Liaison Unit, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-3342
Email: press[at]un.org

For information about the whole UN family in Vienna go to - www.unvienna.org - available in English, French and German.