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Geneva Press Briefing: ILO, UN WOMEN, OHCHR, WHO - 13.05.25
🎦 Deportations from the United States of America; 🎦Continuing crackdown on government critics in Venezuela; 🎦 Health situation in Gaza; 🎦 Concerns over the draft Code of Criminal Procedure in Egypt; 🎦 Impact of foreign aid cuts on women's organizations in humanitarian crises
Cine-ONU: “Nature : for a reconciliation”
Don't miss this unique Cine-ONU event in Geneva! Discover “Nature : for a reconciliation”, and join us for a vibrant and passionate discussion with the acclaimed photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In a journey through time, the film highlights all the paradoxes of our society and their disastrous aspects for living things, while also offering hope through individual action and the power of "love."
Geneva Press Briefing: UNRWA, UNICEF, OCHA, WHO, WFP, UNHCR, ITU - 9.05.25
TOPICS: 🎦 Update from UNRWA including on the East Jerusalem schools; 🎦 WFP warns of deepening hunger in West and Central Africa; 🎦 Costa Rica's solidarity with refugees threatened by major funding cuts, warns UNHCR
'Exhausted, traumatized' Sudan refugees fleeing Darfur for Chad - UNHCR - 6.05.25
"Many of the newly arrived refugees report experiencing grave violence and human rights violations that forced them to flee. They describe men being killed, women and girls subjected to sexual violence, and homes burned to the ground."_Magatte Guisse, UNHCR Representative in Chad
Happening at UN Geneva
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of 18 Independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. It also monitors implementation of two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Over the past 30 years, children's lives have been transformed by the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. The Convention on the Rights of the Child has inspired governments to change laws and policies, so more children get the healthcare and nutrition they need. There are better safeguards in place to protect children from violence and exploitation. More children have their voices heard and participate in society. But there is still more work to be done.
