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Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering - 16.04.24
Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one child is injured or dies every 10 minutes, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, amid spiralling violence in the West Bank and concerns over a regional escalation of the conflict following Iran’s missile and drone strike on Israel.
Geneva Press Briefing : ILO, WMO, UN trade and development, UNECE, UN Women, OHCHR, UNICEF, FAO - 16.04.24
🎦 UN WOMEN on the impact of the war on Gaza on women and girls, 🎦 UN Human Rights on Gaza / West Bank crisis, 🎦 UNICEF on the volume of children injured in Gaza, 🎦 FAO on the impact of conflict in Sudan on agriculture and food security.
UN Geneva Press Briefing : UNFPA, OCHA, UNDP, IFRC, WHO, UNIS, and HRC - 12.04.24
🎦 United Nations Population Fund on the launch of State of World Population 2024 report, 🎦 the UN humaniarian aid agency on the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Ethiopia, 🎦 theUnited Nations Development Programme on the key findings of new socio economic report, 🎦 theInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and on Sudan, and 🎦 WHO on Sudan and Gaza.
Press Conference - OCHA: Humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - 12.04.24
Humanitarian situation in OPT by Jamie McGoldrick upon his return from a last visit to Gaza and the completion of his three-month mission as Humanitarian Coordinator a.i.
Happening at UN Geneva
Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
The Second International Decade for People of African Descent: Addressing Systemic Racism, Reparatory Justice, and Sustainable Development
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 .
