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Geneva Press Briefing: OHCHR, IFRC, UNMAS, WHO - 26.04.24
🎦 UN Human Rights on Iran hijab law and Sudan's El Fasher situation, 🎦 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Afghanistan and 🎦 United Nations Mine Action Service on the 27th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers.
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear - 26.04.24
Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.
‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency - 26.04.24
Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially exacerbating the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)
Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah - 26.04.24
Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
Happening at UN Geneva
UNECE Resource Management Week
UNECE Resource Management Week will advance implementation of the key UN tools developed at UNECE that enable the integration of economic, environmental and social dimensions in resource management. This is especially crucial for the Critical Raw Materials needed for the energy transition. The EU, African Union and a growing number of countries are already applying these instruments.
Committee Against Torture (CAT)
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 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. CAT works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this crime. Over the course of its 79th session, it will examine Austria , Honduras , Azerbaijan , Liechtenstein , North Macedonia and Finland.
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its States parties. Over the course of its 112th session, #CERD will review Mexico, San Marino, Albania, Qatar and Moldova .
