UNIS/MA/347
3 October 2024
VIENNA, 3 October (UN Information Service) – Members of the media are invited to attend the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) which will be held from 14 to 18 October 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
The 12th session will be opened by the chair of the conference and by UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly.
All plenary meetings of the 12th session will be webcast on United Nations Web TV.
Resolutions under consideration by the Conference address the following topics:
More than 63 side events will take place during the twelfth session of UNTOC CoP on various aspects of addressing and countering transnational organized crime.
A detailed agenda and the list of side events is available here: Programme of the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties, including side events (PDF).
Media accreditation:
Journalists can follow the opening of the session online or in person on 14 October 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Vienna time (CEST).
Media representatives who wish to cover the conference in person should register through this link: https://indico.un.org/event/1011731/
Journalists with annual accreditation to the Vienna International Centre do not need additional registration.
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For further information on the conference, please visit the following webpage: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/CTOC/CTOC-COP-session12.html
Follow the event on social media via the hashtag #CrimeCOP12.
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For further information please contact:
Sonya Yee
Chief, UNODC Advocacy Section
Mobile: (+43-699) 1459-4990
Email: sonya.yee[at]un.org
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