Vienna Forum to host daily media briefings programme
Senior UN officials, experts, private sector leaders, NGO representatives and celebrities to announce new initiatives, communicate outcomes and profile developments
UN.GIFT 12 February: A programme of media briefings with high-profile guests at the Vienna Forum, led by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, will take place from 12.00 - 12.30 CET each day. The briefings will take place in the Media Conference Room, located on the first floor of the Austria Centre. The schedule is as follows.
1) Wednesday 13 February; 12.00-12.30
The scale of the crime and the imperatives of taking action now
2) Thursday 14 February,12.00-12.30
New thinking, new tools and new leadership
3) Friday 15 February,12.00-12.30
The call to action: next steps in the fight against human trafficking
The briefings will only be open to accredited media only, but all media are warmly invited to apply for accreditation at the UN.GIFT website: www.ungift.org. Informal media briefings will take place during the course of the Forum
The Vienna Forum is bringing together 1,200 experts, legislators, law enforcement teams, business leaders, NGO representatives and trafficking victims from over 100 countries. The Forum has been convened under the auspices of the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT).
Contact details
Media bids and enquiries
For press enquiries, please contact:
· Robert Watkinson; robert.watkinson@portlandpr.co.uk ; tel: +43 664 486 5297 (Austria) or
+ 44 7984 433 486 (UK)
· Hannah McCullagh; hannah.ccullagh@portlandpr.co.uk ; tel: +43 664 2772485 (Austria) or +44 7739 147841 (UK)
For broadcast enquiries, please contact:
· Faridoun Hemani; fhemani@linxproductions.com; tel: + 43 664 7626411 (Austria) or +44 7748 648 355
Press and broadcast bids can also be directed to press@ungift.org
Information officers
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Walter Kemp; walter.kemp@unodc.org ; tel: + 43 1 260 605629
International Labour Organization
Houtan Homayounpour; g12dcomm@ilo.org ; tel: + 41 79 593 1558
International Organization for Migration
Chris Lom; clom@iom.int ; t el: + 66 819 275 215 / + 43 650 261 8782 (from 11 th Feb)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Yvon Edoumou; yedoumou@ohchr.org; tel: + 41 788 263 552
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Blanca Tapia; blanca.tapia@osce.org; tel: + 43 664 859 08 04
United Nations Children's Fund
Geoff Keele; gkeele@unicef.org ; tel: +1 212 326 7583
