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#HRC55

26 February to 5 April 2024

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‘We must push for lasting peace in Gaza’, UN chief insists as starvation threat nears

 With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for a sustainable end to the conflict and the release of all remaining hostages amid “unprecedented and ongoing devastation” in the occupied enclave.

Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, UNDP, UNECE - 22 March 2024

🎦 WHO on the situation in DR Congo. 🎦 UNDP on results of the Weather Kids campaign. 🎦 UNECE: Water for peace on World Water Day: momentum builds for cross-border cooperation through UN Water Convention.

Press Conference: Syria humanitarian situation - 22.03.24

As Syria enters the 14th year of conflict, the humanitarian outlook is bleak and funding historically low: a call for action. 🔉 Speaker:  Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria (from Damascus)

Happening at UN Geneva

Human Rights Committee - 140th session

4 – 28 MAR 2024

The Human Rights Committee is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its State parties.

All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how civil and political rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Covenant and then whenever the Committee requests. In accordance with the Predictable Review Cycle, the Committee requests the submission of the report based on an eight-year calendar. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of ‘concluding observations’.

United Nations Human Rights Council

#HRC55 (26 February-5 April) Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva

The UN Human Rights Council will hold its 55th regular session from 26 February to 5 April 2024 at UNGeneva under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber. of Morocco. 

During its six-week session, the Council will examine more than 100 reports submitted by the UN Secretariat and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, human rights experts and other investigative bodies on a wide range of topics relating to the human rights situation in almost 45 countries.