ADVISORY HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/UN

Day 2 of United Nations’ two-day summit on coronavirus

Start: 04 Dec 2020 13:45 GMT

End: 04 Dec 2020 23:00 GMT

EDITORS NOTE: PLEASE MONITOR FOR UPDATES ON THE SCHEDULE BELOW

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UNITED NATIONS – World leaders address the second day of a special United Nations General Assembly session on the coronavirus pandemic. Some 53 heads of state, 39 heads of government and 38 ministers due to make pre-recorded video statements during the two-day meeting.

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SCHEDULE:

Provisional Program

1400-1410GMT Opening by the President of the General Assembly

1415-1420GMT Statement by the Deputy Secretary-General

1425-1440GMT Presentation by the Director-General of the World Health Organization

1445-1715GMT Panel I: The UN System Response to COVID-19

Moderator: Melissa Fleming, Under Secretary General for Global

Communication – in person

Panelists:

o Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the

World Health Organization – virtual

o Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for

Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – in

person

o Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria, United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights – virtual

o Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations

Development Program – in-person

o Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees – virtual

o Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food

Program – virtual

o Ms. Inger Ashing, CEO, Save the Children International –

virtual

o Dr. Asha Mohammed, Secretary-General of the Kenyan Red

Cross (representing IFRC and ICRC) – virtual

1745-1815GMT Panel II: The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine – a Global Public Good

Moderator: Lyse Doucet, BBC Presenter and Chief International

Correspondent – virtual

Panelists – Part I: The Science (12:45 – 14:00)

o Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the

World Health Organization – virtual

o BioNTech: Prof. Uğur Şahin and Dr. Özlem Türeci – virtual

o Prof. Sarah Gilbert, Oxford University/AstraZeneca – virtual

[Pre-recorded video by Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer, Serum

Institute of India]

Panelists – Part II: Vaccines for All (14:00 – 15:15)

o Dr. Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer of GAVI – virtual

o Ms. Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of the United

Nations Children’s Fund – virtual

o Dr. Richard Hatchett, Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for

Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) – virtual

o Sir Andrew Witty, WHO Special Envoy for ACT-Accelerator –

virtual

1845-2300GMT Panel III: Resilience and Recovering Better from COVID-19

Moderator: Femi Oke, International Journalist – virtual

Panelists:

o Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the

World Health Organization – virtual

o Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations

Population Fund – virtual

o Mr. David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group –

virtual (tbc)

o Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN

Women – virtual

o Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labor

Organization – virtual

o Mr. Robert Piper, Assistant Secretary-General for UN

Development Coordination – virtual

o Mr. Pavan Sukhdev, President, World Wildlife Federation

International / UNEP Goodwill Ambassador – virtual

Restrictions:

BROADCAST: NONE

DIGITAL: NONE

Source: UNTV

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Location: United Nations

Topic: Politics / International Affairs

Audio: NATURAL / ORIGINAL

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