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The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW), organized annually by OCHA and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), will be held from 17 to 28 April 2023. Since its inception in 2015, this conference has provided a space for practitioners and experts to connect and fosters a collaborative approach to address common challenges in crisis preparedness and response. The above scene was taken by Peter van Agtmael at the Bab al-Hawa Hospital, Syria, in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in February 2023.
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World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Consultation on Syria, Ecumenical Centre, 16 January 2014
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August 2013
What are you working on this summer?
I am mostly focusing on three issues. First, on the very direct responsibility that I have in a few essential areas. I'm thinking in particular about Syria - where we may still be able, if possible, to broaden our response - but also in Afghanistan, for instance.
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From 6 to 30 May, the Quai Wilson will highlight Giles Duley's admirable work on Disability and Armed Conflict. Presented by Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, this exhibition is notably supported by the Republic and Canton of Geneva, through the International Solidarity Fund. Here are the text and the poignant testimony, reported by Giles Duley, that accompanies this image:
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On 3 February 2022, PHAP and the ICVA invite you to the 3rd session of The Climate Charter – A Practical Guide webinar series, which will focus this time on "Practical tools and initiatives for reducing environmental impact in humanitarian action." You may register here. This picture was taken in August 2021 at Darbal, Rif Dimashq governorate in Syria, when the ICRC and the Syrian Red Crescent installed a solar pumping system and tank to supply 5,000 people with drinking water.
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On 23 February 2023, the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, known as the Declaration of Geneva, is 100 years old. This anniversary is the occasion to announce that the International Museum of the Reformation will present, from 27 April to 27 August, the exhibition "Déflagrations: more than a century of children's drawings in wars and mass crimes."
The exhibition will bring together more than 150 drawings by children who have witnessed, been victims of, and acted in armed conflicts from the First World War to the present day.
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From 27 February to 4 April 2023, the Human Right Council is holding its 52nd regular session. United Nations' highest body dedicated to the protection and promotion of Human Rights will mark the 35th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development and organizes notably a series of high-level meetings addressing notably youth rights and participation, the question of death penalty, racism, the rights of people with disabilities and children's rights. You may watch the session live on UN Web TV. Those children playing were pictured in September 2020, by Emin Ozmen, in the province of Mardin, Turkey, at the border with Syria, where thousands of Syrians have sought refuge since the beginning of the war.
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Gunilla von Hall works for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet as its foreign correspondent in Geneva. She talks to us about her career, her job in Geneva, the issues she covers, and her views about the role media should play in international cooperation.
December 2013
Gunilla von Hall is the foreign correspondent in Geneva for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
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Ambassador Stefano Toscano heads the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) since January 2014. He welcomed us in his office, at the Maison de la paix, to talk about his new responsibilities, his priorities for the Centre and the highlights for 2014.
April 2014
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March 2015
In this interview, Guy Ryder, ILO's Director-General tells us about the ILO, its work and impact, and the challenges it will have to address in the coming years and decades.
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Hiroyuki Maegawa works for the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun as its UN correspondent in Geneva. Asahi Shimbun, based in Tokyo, is one of Japan's leading newspapers. with 7.7 million copies a day for the morning edition and 2.9 million a day for the evening edition. It also has an English language online edition, as well as Chinese and Korean ones.