REMINDER: COVID-19 virtual press conference - 19 April 2021 at 1700 CEST - with Greta Thunberg, climate and environmental activist, and representatives of the Global Youth Mobilization

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Monday, 19 April

MEDIA ADVISORY

Date and Time: Monday 19 April 2021 at 1700 CEST (Geneva time)

Subject: COVID-19 updates with a special focus on the linkages between the climate and COVID-19 crises, and the role of youth in the response, ahead of Earth Day (22 April) and the first virtual Global Youth Summit, organized as part of the Global Youth Mobilization(23-25 April).

The press conference will include special guests:

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NOTES FOR THE VPC
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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.

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