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Data centres threaten energy dependency, UN experts warn - 8.09.26
UN experts warn that the rapid expansion of data centres, particularly those involved in AI, can lead to energy system reliability and resilience, in addition to other environmental impacts they cause, explains Thomas Croll-Knight, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Across Gaza, the rise in women-headed households facing impossible choices - 8.09.26
Women reportedly head nearly one in four households in Gaza – an estimated 86,290 households – which is double the pre-October 2023 rate of one in nine, according to new data released today by UN Women, announced by UN Women Director in Geneva Sofia Calltorp.
UN Geneva Press Briefing: IOM, UN Women, UNCTAD, WHO, UNECE - 8.09.26
🎥 War and the rise of women-headed households in Gaza; 🎥 Escalating hostilities drive displacement Yemen's West Coast; 🎥 Strait of Hormuz disruptions affect global employment; 🎥 Scaling up Ebola care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; 🎥 Smoking and infertility; 🎥 Data centres and energy system resilience.
#3Minutes | Defending Indigenous People's rights
Indigenous Peoples play an essential role in protecting biodiversity, preserving ecosystems and transmitting valuable knowledge, but they are nearly three times more likely to live in poverty, compared to non-indigenous peoples. In less than three minutes, find out how the UN works alongside them to defend their rights and protect their languages, cultures, beliefs and knowledge.
Happening at UN Geneva
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.
