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Geneva Press Briefing: IOM, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO - 14.01.25
🎦 Increasing displacement in Haiti; 🎦Ongoing death and maiming of children in Syria due to unexploded ordnance; 🎦Launch of the 2025 Humanitarian and Refugee Response Plans for Ukraine; 🎦 Transition in Syria.
Syria emergency: Four children a day killed by leftover explosives - 14.01.25
Syria’s lethal legacy of landmines and other explosives left over from years of conflict has led to the deaths of over 100 children in the last month alone, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, calling on the international community to urgently support country-wide demining projects.
Press Briefing WHO Virus update 07.01.25
WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris briefed on the respiratory viruses currently circulating in the northern hemisphere in Geneva.
The application process for the 63rd Graduate Study Programme is open now!
The Graduate Study Programme is the longestrunning educational initiative of the United Nations. The GSP63 will be held at UN Geneva from 30 June to 11 July 2025 with the theme 'UN80 United for a Better Future'.
Happening at UN Geneva
Committee on the Rights of the Child
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 State parties. It also monitors implementation of two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on 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.
1st World Congress on Enforced Disappearances
Nearly 20 years after the adoption of the Convention, the World Congress aims to create an opportunity for concrete and ambitious commitments to eradicate enforced disappearance everywhere in the world, putting victims’ voices and rights at the core of the strategy. To this end, the World Congress aims to:
- Raise awareness on what enforced disappearance is, its extent and impact worldwide
- Put families and civil society back at the center of joint efforts
- Promote intergovernmental dialogue, exchanges of experiences and good practices
- Present an action plan for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance and encourage concerned actors to submit pledges
- Initiate a process of direct cooperation and coordination between the various actors
