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Powerful El Niño heightens extreme weather risks through 2027 - 3.09.26
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Celeste Saulo announced today that forecasts show a near 100 percent chance that El Niño will persist through to February 2027, peaking towards the end of 2026. Saulo warns that this El Niño will be the strongest recorded, literally off the charts used by WMO for the past four decades. WMO is calling for action to anticipate risks and mitigate the severity of ElNiño's impacts.
UN Geneva Press Briefing: UN WOMEN, IFRC, OCHA, WHO, WFP, WMO - 1.09.26
🎥 Aftermath of the Nepal floods; 🎥 Deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories; 🎥 Announcements.
Nadia Murad: Fighting for justice and support for victims of sexual violence in conflict
Twelve years since ISIS launched its brutal assault on the Yazidi community in Sinjar, Iraq, Nobel Prize laureate and tireless advocate Nadia Murad continues her struggle to make the voices of survivors heard.
Why Democracy Matters Now: Protecting Rights and Voice | United Nations
Today, democracy faces mounting challenges: mis and disinformation, shrinking media freedom, and weakening accountability. Through the United Nations Democracy Fund, the UN has supported more than 1,000 projects in over 130 countries, from voter education to civic monitoring.
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Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
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.
