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#3Minutes | How the UN is funded
How much does the United Nations cost? Who funds it? And where does the money go? Here’s what you need to know—in under three minutes.
Geneva Press Briefing: IFRC, UNRWA, UNHCR - 29-04-25
The UN aid agency UNRWA condemned the two-month Israeli blockade on Gaza that has left families sharing a single tin of food at mealtime and the sick and injured without lifesaving medical help, amid daily bombardment.“The siege on Gaza is the silent killer of children of older people,” said Juliette Touma, spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA
Israel’s restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The ICJ is expected to hear from 40 States and four international organizations in proceedings slated to last all week.
The History of Multilateralism
On today's International Day of #Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, the Library and Archives at the United Nations Office at Geneva is launching a new online experience to showcase the history of multilateralism. Unique archival materials, including correspondence, telegrams, treaties, and also drawings, photographs and videos, provide a view on the evolution of multilateralism in Geneva since the establishment of the League of Nations.
Happening at UN Geneva
49th Session of Universal Periodic Review
Fourteen States will have their human rights records examined during the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group. The UPR is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every 4.5 years. Established in March 2006 by the UN General Assembly, the UPR is designed to prompt, support, and expand the promotion and protection of human rights in every country.
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.
Racial discrimination remains a barrier to the full realization of human rights. Despite progress in some areas, exclusions and restrictions based on race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin continue to cause conflict, suffering and loss of life. CERD works to take action against the injustice of racial discrimination, and the dangers it represents.
Committee Against Torture (CAT)
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) 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.
The Committee against Torture works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this crime.
