Date and Time: Monday, 14 December at 1700 CET (Geneva time) and we will update if necessary
This ground-breaking initiative, developed by WHO and the Alliance of the Big Six Youth Organizations (the "Big 6"), intends to support young people around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and help alleviate the negative impact of COVID-19 on the development of young people.
Special guests:
- Tharindra Arumapperuma, an Emerging Leader and International Council Member of the The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, and Michelle Shi Jie CHEW, Youth Commission Member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, will speak at the press conference today.
- Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General, World Organization of the Scout Movement, and Casey Harden, General Secretary, World Young Women’s Christian Association, will be available to take questions from the media.
Join the press conference:
https://who-e.zoom.us/j/97348398374
Password: y0uth2020
Join by phone:
Webinar ID: 973 4839 8374
Numeric Passcode for phone: 278321155
International numbers available:
https://who-e.zoom.us/u/ace9IcvNVG
NOTES FOR THE VPC
Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media (one per journalist) are allowed. When you sign in you will be automatically put in the meeting room.
WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption. The event is also broadcast on WHO social media channels and you can follow it there.
To ask a question, please click "raise hand" and this will enter you into the queue for questions. (It can be found under the tab: participants.)
Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer. Do not ask questions via the chat as we cannot guarantee that we will incorporate them into the q&a session.
For translation during the VPC, choices are under "interpretation" or "language interpretation" depending on which version of Zoom you use.
Note that due to the volume of questions, we are no longer able to take them from phone callers and interpretation is not available via telephone.
