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UN Press Briefing Geneva: UNICEF Giga, UNICEF, IOM, UNHCR, OHCHR, UNECE, WHO - 17.02.26
🎥 Approaching four years of full-scale invasion of Ukraine; 🎥 2026 Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan; 🎥 Human rights violations and abuses against migrants in Libya; 🎥 Impact of Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar; 🎥 Maternal mortality in conflict; 🎥 Jordan accedes UN Water Convention.
Resilient Voices: From Poetry to Peace - SDG Media Zone | United Nations
"Peace is not the absence of war; it is the presence of understanding," Maryam Bukar Hassan, Nigerian spoken word artist and poet writes, capturing the essence of her vision for a more just and inclusive world. Drawing on her lived experience with conflict, Maryam brings resilience and creativity to peacebuilding and peacekeeping efforts.
UN Press Briefing Geneva: UNHCR, OHCHR, WFP, UNICEF - 13.02.26
🎥 Mass returns to Afghanistan; Human rights impacts; Cuba’s socio-economic crisis; 🎥 Pressure on Special Procedures; Impact of cyclones in Madagascar; 🎥 Main risks for children in South Sudan amid escalating violence; 🎥 Announcements.
UNCTAD Press conference: Least Developed Countries Report 2026 - 10.02.26
UNCTAD Least Developed Countries Report 2026.
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Innovation, automation and digitalization at UNECE’s Inland Transport Committee
Interested in innovation, automation and digitalization in inland transport? Join us at the 88th annual session of UNECE’s Inland Transport Committee (ITC), held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 17–20 February. More than 20 ministers, senior officials, and leaders from international organizations, industry and civil society will take part in three ministerial panels on innovation and automation, connectivity and trade, and infrastructure and data. A live demonstration will showcase next-generation intelligent transport systems improving cyclist and road safety. As the UN’s main regulatory body for inland transport, ITC unites all Member States and oversees more than 60 international legal instruments. |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its State parties. The Covenant enshrines economic, social and cultural rights such as the rights to adequate food, adequate housing, education, health, social security, water and sanitation, and work.
The Committee seeks to develop a constructive dialogue with State parties, determine whether the Covenant's norms are being applied, and assess how the implementation and enforcement of the Covenant could be improved so all people can enjoy these rights in full.
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.
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