For information only - not an official document

UNIS/MA/274
24 June 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY

Media representatives are invited to a

Special Event at the United Nations in Vienna
to commemorate the signing of the
Charter of the United Nations

on

Friday 26 June 2020 at 2 p.m.

at the

Vienna International Centre or online

with

Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
Ghada Waly

and on behalf of the host country 
Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs
Alexander Schallenberg

26   June   2020   marks   the   75th   anniversary   of   the   signing   of   the   Charter   of   the   United   Nations.   To  commemorate  this  important  anniversary,  a special event is being held at the Vienna International Centre which will streamed live here.

The Special Event is on the margins of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs Special Event commemorating the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and it will be opened by H.E. Ambassador Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Chair of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

All media representatives who want to attend in person at the Vienna International Centre, will need to register for the event by writing to press.vienna[at]un.org

More information about the event is available here

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For further information, please contact:

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