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Geneva Press Briefing: OCHA, WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, and WIPO - 10.05.24
🎦 OCHA and UNICEF's Update on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, 🎦 WHO's Health in Gaza update, 🎦 the UN Refugee agency on supporting Brazil's response to devastating floods, and 🎦 WIPO on Diplomatic Conference.
Update on the West Bank - 8.05.24
"Whatever happens in Gaza has a massive impact on the West Bank... IDF is acting as if there is an armed conflict," amid uptick in settler violence in the West Bank, Ajith Sunghay, head of @OHCHR_Palestine, tells UN News.
No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency - 8.05.24
Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave.
UN Geneva Press Briefing - UNICEF, OCHA, WHO, and OHCHR - 7.05.24
🎦 OCHA, UNICEF, and WHO on Gaza, 🎦 UN Human Rights agency on Russia's crack down on journalists.
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.
