For information only – not an official document
UNIS/MA/298
26 January 2022
invites media representatives to a
on
Welcoming remarks by:
Michael F. Pfeifer,
Secretary General, Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria (UNA-AUSTRIA) and President, Academic Forum for Foreign Affairs (AFA)
Introductory remarks by:
Martin Nesirky
Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna
Speakers include:
Kai Bethke
Director 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 2022 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 Tuesday 1 February 2022.
* *** *
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.
