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Geneva Press Briefing: OHCHR, UNHCR, OCHA, WHO, ITU, IOM - 17.05.24
🎦 UN Agency for Human Rights on Tunisia and Sudan, 🎦 UN Agency for Refugees on Uganda, and 🎦 UN Humanitarian Aid agency and WHO on Sudan.
WHO Press conference: update on drug-resistant bacteria - 17.05.24
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grouped into critical, high and medium categories for prioritization. The list provides guidance on the development of new and necessary treatments to stop the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Geneva Press Briefing: OHCHR, OCHA, WHO, ICRC, WFP, UNCTAD, ITU - 14.05.24
🎦 ICRC on Gaza, 🎦 UN Human Rights agency on Ukraine, 🎦 World Food Programme's update on flooding in Afghanistan.
The Future of Education
Episode 5 of the Journey to the Summit of the Future features Arlinda Ramqaj, Swiss Youth Representative to the United Nations and SDG4 Young Leader at UNESCO.
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 States parties. It also monitors implementation of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on the 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.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The CEDAW Committee consists of 23 experts on women's rights from around the world.
The CEDAW treaty is a tool that helps women around the world to bring about change in their daily life. In countries that have ratified the treaty, CEDAW has proved invaluable in opposing the effects of discrimination, which include violence, poverty, and lack of legal protections, along with the denial of inheritance, property rights, and access to credit.
