As part of the 2025 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, the Permanent Missions of Poland, Spain, Switzerland and Uruguay, the Delegation of the European Union to the UN in Geneva, together with WHO, ICRC, OHCHR, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), Médecins du Monde (MdM) and Save the Children, have the pleasure to invite you to the following side event:
 

“Protecting health care against attacks: a collective responsibility”

• Wednesday, 18 June 2025
• 13:15-14:45 CEST
• Conference Room XXI, Palais des Nations
• Register here
• Link to gain access to UNOG here
• Hybrid event – watch live here

Speakers

• Opening: H. E. Mirosław Broiło, Ambassador of Poland to UNOG at Geneva
• Keynote speeches:
  • Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO
  • H.E. Maciej Popowski, Director-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO), European Commission
• Panel moderated by Mr Michel Anglade, Director of the Geneva Advocacy Office and UN Representative, Save the Children
  • Ms Cristina Mansilla, Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay
  • Mr Mustapha Mamman, Head of Mission in South Sudan, Médecins sans Frontières
  • Ms Sandrine Simon, Director of Health and Advocacy, Médecins du Monde
  • Ms Lindsey Cameron, Head of the Thematic Legal Unit, Legal Division, ICRC
• Closing: H.E. Marcos Gómez Martínez, Ambassador of Spain to UNOG at Geneva