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Press conference of the UN Mine Action Service - 7.04.2025
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Live at 2 p.m. CET - 28th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers - Speakers: 🔉 Ilene Cohn, Director UNMAS 🔉 Ambassador Tobias Privitelli, Director GICHD
Geneva Press Briefing: UNMAS, IOM, OHCHR, UNHCR, ICRC, WHO, ITC - 4.04.25
🎦 Humanitarian situation in Myanmar; 🎦 Displaced population in Khartoum, Sudan; 🎦 Global cholera situation; 🎦 Potential impact of the latest round of US tariffs on global trade; 🎦 International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Myanmar quake: Airstrikes continue despite ceasefire - 4.04.25
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Myanmar’s military has continued to launch airstrikes and other attacks against opposition forces in the devastated country, one week since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck and despite agreeing to a ceasefire, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave - 1.04.25
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UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on duty in southern Gaza by Israeli forces were recovered on Sunday from a shallow grave after a week-long rescue operation, noting that one worker is still missing.
Happening at UN Geneva
Committee Against Torture (CAT)
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its States parties.
The Committee against Torture works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this crime.
Committee on the Protection of All Migrant Workers (CMW)
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is the body of independent experts that works to protect the rights of the millions of migrant workers around the world.
Migrant workers and their families often experience marginalization, xenophobia, and poor living and working conditions. In serious cases, they suffer exploitation, expulsion, and risk to life. The Committee monitors how States are implementing the Convention and protecting the human rights of migrants.
