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Geneva Press Briefing: OCHA, UNHCR, UNWOMEN, WHO, IFRC - 28.03.25
🎦 Humanitarian situation in Gaza; 🎦Earthquake in Myanmar; Impact of funding cuts on 13 million displaced people; 🎦Funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; 🎦Health situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Geneva Press Briefing: UNDP, UNICEF, UNIDIR, UNCTAD, WHO - 25.03.25
🎦 Situation of children in Yemen after ten years of conflict; 🎦 Humanitarian situation of women and girls along the Sudan-Chad border; 🎦Decreasing UN presence in Gaza
UNAIDS - Press conference: Impact of US funding cuts on the HIV response - 24.03.25
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Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director and Angeli Achrekar, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director have briefried the press in Geneva on the impact of US funding cuts on the HIV response worldwide.
World Down Syndrom Day 2025
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A beautiful international choir of young people with Down Syndrome from Europe, South Africa, California, Ecuador, and Peru came together to sing “Moi Aussi”, a moving anthem for equality and respect. It was a celebration of unity, talent, and the unstoppable strength of a new generation ready to change the world.
Happening at UN Geneva
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is the body of independent experts which monitors the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance by the States parties.
The Committee and its Secretariat work daily to support victims, civil society organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and States to search for and locate disappeared persons, eradicate, punish and prevent this crime, and repair the damage suffered by the victims.
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its States parties.
The Committee's work promotes the enjoyment of civil and political rights, resulting in numerous changes of law, policy and practice. As such, it has improved the lives of individuals in all parts of the world. It continues to strive to ensure all the civil and political rights guaranteed by the Covenant can be enjoyed in full and without discrimination, by all people.
