For information only – not an official document

UNIS/MA/282
Vienna, 13 January 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY

The United Nations lnformation Service (UNIS) Vienna in cooperation with the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-Austria)

invites you to a

Virtual Press Briefing on priorities and key events for 2021 of the Vienna-based UN organizations and agencies

on

Wednesday 20 January 2021 at 11 a.m.

Welcoming remarks by:

Ghada Waly,
Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) & Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

and

Angela Kane
Board member of Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-Austria) and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Under-Secretary-General for Management

Introductory remarks by:

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

Speakers include:

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

Sophie Boutaud-De-La-Combe
Director, Office of Public Information and Communication, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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

Ottavia Pesce
Associate Communications Officer, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

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

Highlights for 2021 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.

Please register for the virtual press briefing by writing to press.vienna[at]un.org by COB Monday 18 January 2021.

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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

For information about the whole UN family in Vienna go to – www.unvienna.org – available in all UN official languages and German.