📢Watch here the launch of the progress report of the Global initiative to galvanize political commitment for international humanitarian law - the product of consultations with 130 states, expert meetings and events around the world:
#IHL
youtube.com/live/-SzsS0NHG… via @YouTube

#INC5.2 of the #plasticstreaty negotiations has ended without a treaty. But rather than a setback, this offers the opportunity for a reset. The process delivered political will and good texts but could not overcome bad procedure. There are better options for a way forward: medium.com/@climatesail...

$1.5 trillion. The annual global cost of health‑related damage from plastic pollution alone. Plastics are stealing our health & wrecking economies. It’s long past time for a #PlasticsTreaty that curbs production and protects our health.
🔗 Read bit.ly/45u0c1s

Gaza | Les souffrances et les atteintes à la dignité humaine que l’on y constate dépassent depuis longtemps toutes les normes acceptables, sur le plan tant juridique que moral.

Mirjana Spoljaric, présidente du CICR: ms.spr.ly/63321sHkg3

We need a treaty that protects the future of the coming generations. 🌍

Learn more about the Plastics Treaty: breakfreefromplastic.org/plastics-treaty

#PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeFuture #BeatPlasticPollution #INC52

With less than a month away to #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2, stay up to date with activities in the margins of the negotiations in #GENeva through our dedicated page on the #OffsiteBuzz.

▶️ tiny.cc/GENINC5-2

From the @who.int’s perspective, health must remain a core objective of #PlasticsTreaty.

Kate Robertson highlights how strong provisions on health risk assessment, transparency, & bio-monitoring are vital to protect people, especially with #Geneva’s expertise in providing support.

In an open letter to delegates on the #PlasticsTreaty, health professionals & organizations from all over the world have called for demands such as having no blanket exemption for the health sector & putting a limit on the production of plastics.

✍️ tinyurl.com/preview/hcwh-gpt-openletter

Ahead of #WHA78, Megha Rathi of @who.int stresses the need to emphasize the health impacts of plastics & the health sector's contribution in the #PlasticsTreaty. She calls for a reduction of primary plastics polymers production and no blanket exemptions for the health sector.

Highlighting the opportunities for health that enhanced urban climate action offers, @drmarianeira.bsky.social of @who.int stresses the main climate transformations that will benefit health include:

🔹 Sustainable food systems
🔹 Clean & renewable sources of energy
🔹 Healthy urban planning

Soins de #santé - donner la parole aux #enfants👧👦! Impliquer les enfants est fondamental pour assurer des soins pédiatriques de qualité. @COE_HRightsRLaw a élaboré un 📖guide pour soutenir les professionnels de la santé #Childrensrights #goodpractices
➡️ www.coe.int/fr/web/human...

👶🩺 Gesundheit – Kinder haben eine Stimme! Die Einbindung von Kindern ist entscheidend für eine hochwertige pädiatrische Versorgung. @COE_HRightsRLaw hat einen Leitfaden erstellt, um Fachkräfte im Gesundheitswesen dabei zu unterstützen. #Childrensrights #goodpractices
📖➡️ rm.coe.int/084-0-1-61-i...

Damaris Carnal of the Federal Office of Public Health, #Switzerland underscores how the GEN gathers the expertise that allows making #GENeva and ultimately the planet a better place.

🎉 Join the #GEN25 Environment Forum and high-level closing celebration ▶️ https://buff.ly/3P5g56H

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Today, the EU and Switzerland completed negotiations on a historic package of agreements.

It ensures our partnership is fit for the future, enabling both sides to fully harness the potential of our close collaboration.

More info ↓

europa.eu/!mtPwfR