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Refugees as change-makers | Jin Davod - 8.07.25
“Refugees can be not only recipients of aid, but also change-makers.” Watch Jin Dawod, a participant of the UN Graduate Study Programme in Geneva originally from Syria, present her “Peace Therapist” initiative which provides multilingual mental health support to displaced people.
#3Minutes | The United Nations Charter: Our common path to peace
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Charter. Find out why the founding document of the UN is essential for maintaining international peace and security, in less than 3 minutes.
ITC - Press Briefing: State of play on impact of US tariffs - 8.07.25
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC) and Julia Spies, ITC's Chief of Trade and Market Intelligence, has briefied the Geneva press corps on the state on the state of play on impact of US tariffs, 90 days after pause + how small businesses can play a role in stabilizing the global economy (through first-ever Global Small Business Ministerial Meeting, to be hosted by ITC and South Africa in Johannesburg from 22-24 July 2025)
Geneva Press Briefing: WHO, IFRC, OHCHR, UNCTAD - 8.07.25
🎦 Intensifying population movement as Afghans return from Iran; 🎦 Concerns over Deaths at Ongoing Protests in Kenya; 🎦 Israeli Offer of Voluntary Movement of Gazans; 🎦 Update on Avian Influenza in Cambodia
Happening at UN Geneva
63rd Graduate Study Programme
The 63rd Graduate Study Programme will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 30 June to 11 July 2025 under the theme: “UN80: Building Our Future Together" and will focus on the implementation of the historic Pact for the Future in the year when the United Nations turns 80.
The Programme will consist of morning lectures given by representatives of the United Nations, other international organizations, civil sector, and diplomats; workshops; visits to institutions; and work on group projects in the afternoons. Students will be divided into several working groups which will research different aspects of the Pact for the Future and its annexes and explore the overall way forward at a time when the multilateral system is facing numerous challenges. This research and drafting process will be student-led, with limited support from facilitators.
This year's Graduate Study Programme is supported by the Republic and State of Geneva, the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, and the Gulf Research Center.
Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its States parties.
The Committee’s work promotes the enjoyment of civil and political rights, resulting in numerous changes of law, policy and practice. As such, it has improved the lives of individuals in all parts of the world. It continues to strive to ensure all the civil and political rights guaranteed by the Covenant can be enjoyed in full and without discrimination, by all people.
