Week Ahead at the UN
WHO Marks Universal Health Coverage Day, WTO Ministerial Statements on Environment and Trade, ITU Awards Prize for Innovation in IoT and 5G, WMO and ITU Deliver Webinar on Satellites, +Cyberspace
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WHO
Source: WHO
The Tenth Global Conference on Health Promotion for Well-being, Equity and Sustainable Development, started today 13 and goes to15 December 2021, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of the United Arab Emirates, United Nations agencies and partners.
This is the first time that WHO addresses well-being as the theme of a major conference.
You can watch it here.
Participants at the Conference will discuss the contributions that health promotion can make to people’s and societies’ well-being. They will address these contributions in the context of key components of well-being. Discussions will be organized on the broad areas of people, the planet and prosperity. The Conference will offer an opportunity to present successful country examples of health promotion achieved by good governance for health and well-being. It will also show how such a shift contributes to mitigating public health challenges and paves the way to building forward with health promotion approaches.
Healthcare is an investment, not a cost.
The WHO also celebrated Universal Health Coverage Day on 12 December.
ITU
Source: ITU
Episode #12: Interoperability of IoT and satellite data for Earth observation supporting sustainable development on 14 December 2021, 15:00 – 17:00 CET.
This Webinar is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), together with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Mandat International. This event is part of a series on Digital Transformation for Cities and Communities.
The webinar will explore how the Internet of Things (IoT) can be leveraged for satellite observation, while examining interoperability of data from different sources and its applications for Earth observation.
PS.: In case you missed here is our interview with ESA last October.
WTO
Source: WTO
Trade ministers will make statements on Trade and Environmental Sustainability; Plastic Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade; and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform on 15 December, in a virtual event. The event opens with remarks from WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
This will be followed by a segment with statements from stakeholders, including heads of various intergovernmental organizations as well as NGOs and business organisations.
WTO Deputy Director-General Jean-Marie Paugam will provide closing remarks.
Watch our interview with DDG Jean-Marie Paugam here, where we speak about trade and the environment, a day before COP26, the UN Conference on Climate Change.
CCW on #LAWS and Much More
Negotiations in the realm of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, UN Office of Disarmament Affairs, are taking place in Geneva.
Watch my interview with Minister-Counsellor for Disarmament Affairs Mr. Kimmo Laukkanen, of the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Office in Geneva, on the negotiations underway at the Conference on Disarmament and the Convention on Conventional Weapons.
OEWG on Cyber
The Open Ended Working Group on norms of responsible behaviour in cyberspace starts in New York. It is holding its first substantive session. To understand check UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal. Loads of good information on what is at stake.
