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'Exhausted, traumatized' Sudan refugees fleeing Darfur for Chad - UNHCR - 6.05.25
"Many of the newly arrived refugees report experiencing grave violence and human rights violations that forced them to flee. They describe men being killed, women and girls subjected to sexual violence, and homes burned to the ground."_Magatte Guisse, UNHCR Representative in Chad
Geneva Press Briefing: UNDP, UNHCR, WHO, UNECE, OCHA, WMO - 6.05.25
🎦 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); 🎦 2025 Human Development Report; 🎦 Soaring Protection Needs Amid Sudanese Influx to Chad from Darfur – UNHCR; 🎦 Escalating Attacks on Health in South Sudan – WHO; 🎦 Road Safety – UNECE; 🎦 State of Climate in Africa Report – WMO; 🎦 Food Situation in Gaza;
Geneva Press Briefing: grave situation in Gaza - OCHA - 02.05.25
Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people are fighting over water amid relentless bombing, the UN’s humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said. Speaking from Gaza City, OCHA spokesperson Olga Cherevko told journalists in Geneva that a friend of hers “saw people burning a few days ago from the explosions – and there was no water to save them.”
Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief.
“Cutting funding for those in greatest need is not something to boast about...the impact of aid cuts is that millions die,” warned Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher. Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result in millions of people dying, the UN’s top aid official said on Wednesday.
Happening at UN Geneva
Launch of the UN road safety exhibition
Agenda:
1.00-2.00 PM, launch of the UN road safety exhibition
UN-JCDecaux campaign #MakeASafetyStatement
#HelmetsforHope (Helmets responding to UN standards painted by Refugees & artists)
2-2.30 PM, Vehicle safety demonstration (no commercial)- presented by Renault and simulation of driving tired or under the influence by the “Foundation vaudoise contre l’alcoolisme”.
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.
