Michelle Langrand
Journalist at Geneva Solutions
Journalist covering #climate, #environment, #humanrights, #UN @GenevaSolutions | DMs open | tica-nica 🇨🇷🇳🇮
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1 week ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
World Health Organization member states have agreed on a plan to prevent, prepare for and respond to future global health crises – amid the glaring absence of the United States. At 3 am on Wednesday, a three-year-long, painstaking marathon of deliberations finally reached a joyful conclusion. Negotiators at the World Health Organization (WHO) could finally catch their breath as they finalised a draft agreement on how to tackle future pandemics.
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1 week ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
Sania Nishtar, head of Gavi, is still holding out hope that the US will resume support as the organisation that helps vaccinate millions of people in poor nations worldwide gears up for a replenishment round in June amid an arid season for funding. Gavi, the Vaccine alliance, is still waiting for a definitive response from the US on whether they will discontinue support, chief executive officer, Sania Nishtar, told reporters in Geneva on Friday.
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2 weeks ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
Escalating wars and geopolitical shifts are fueling a rise in militarisation, with civilians often paying the price. An organisation working closely with militaries to reduce that cost has recently opened an office in Geneva. Geneva Solutions speaks to its executive director, Hichem Khadhraoui, about safeguarding civilian lives in a world rife with conflict.
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3 weeks ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
A document leaked last week offered more details into the US’s plans to slash its foreign assistance budget. Geneva Solutions examined what it means for organisations linked to international Geneva. The US decision to gut its foreign assistance budget has been cause for panic and confusion.
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3 weeks ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
Syria is set to welcome the Human Rights Council’s scrutiny for the first time as its new leaders seek to carve a place among the international community. But as the fragile transition gets underway, rights campaigners urge nations not to let their guard down. The Human Rights Council is poised to renew the Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Syria either Wednesday or Thursday as it concludes its 58th session in Geneva.
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RT @GenevaSolutions: 🗓️Join us today at 12:15 pm to discuss how to support international Geneva as orgs. grapple with the loss of US aid.🎙B…
A leaked US state department doc, shared by Politico, lists thousands of aid grants on the chopping block. We found 810 are linked to orgs with a presence in Geneva, some of which could lose millions if not billions of dollars in US funding. https://t.co/uba4r33x4J
The @UN_HRC is set to renew the @UNCoISyria with the newly formed government’s blessing, paving the way for its first ever consensus adoption – a welcome rarity for country probes but that should not lower the level of scrutiny, campaigners say. https://t.co/fddL5xCzOU