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Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, FAO, IOM, UNHCR, UNCTAD - 7.06.24
🎦 WHO/FAO on World Food Safety Day 2024, 🎦 WHO on Climate change impacts on health of pregnant women, children, older people, 🎦 IOM on Sudan Internal Displacement, 🎦 the UN Refugee agency on the neglected humanitarian crisis in The Sahel Region
Amid Gaza war, children now work so families can survive: ILO - 7.06.24
Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, ILO, warned on Friday that families there now send their children to work just to survive, as unemployment nears a staggering 80 per cent.
‘Unimaginable trauma’ haunts Sudan’s displaced while violence, famine threaten millions - 7.06.24
Horrific violence and the risk of famine continue to stalk the people of Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday, as they echoed condemnation by UN Secretary-General António Guterres of an attack on a village south of Khartoum two days ago that is now believed to have left more than 100 dead.
Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza - 6.06.24
Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight into Thursday left dozens dead, humanitarians warned that cholera and other potentially deadly diseases stalk people uprooted by the war, forced to live among “mountains of trash”.
Happening at UN Geneva
International Labour Conference
Worker, employer and government delegates from the ILO's 187 Member States will tackle a wide range of issues, including: a standard-setting discussion on protection against biological hazards, a recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of fundamental principles and rights at work and a general discussion on decent work and the care economy.
The Conference will also elect members of the Governing Body for the 2024-27 term of office
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is the body of independent experts that works to protect the rights of the millions of migrant workers around the world.
Migrant workers and their families often experience marginalization, xenophobia, and poor living and working conditions.In serious cases, they suffer exploitation, expulsion, and risk to life.The Committee monitors how States are implementing the Convention and protecting the human rights of migrants.
