Rolando Gómez is the Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva. He has worked with the United Nations for around 30 years, including in Geneva and New York, as well as in UN peacekeeping missions. He previously served as spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Council at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, where he helped develop the Council’s communications work. Earlier in his UN career, he worked on public information and media issues covering areas including human rights, sustainable development and peacekeeping. 

Aida Nejad is a human rights lawyer and works with the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva. She's worked for the UN for over 20 years, and was stationed in various parts of the world, including New York, Cambodia, Lesotho and Tanzania. Her areas of expertise include leading human rights investigations, and she has worked on investigations on Myanmar, China and Iran. In Geneva, she works closely with the UN's Human Rights Council and in previous roles in New York, she worked with the General Assembly and the Security Council. 

Ms. Nejad will also be available for a 5-minute Q&A after her speech at HLMUN, so delegates are encouraged to prepare any questions they may have for her.