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Michelle Langrand

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Journalist covering #climate, #environment, #humanrights, #UN @GenevaSolutions | DMs open | tica-nica 🇨🇷🇳🇮

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The Trump strategy for the UN's migration agency, IOM, is starting to get a more public airing: propublica.org/article/trump-…

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In a dramatic shift of decades of US foreign policy, the Trump administration has axed 83 per cent of its relief portfolio. Here's my bird's eye view of what that means for international Geneva organisations. via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/global-news/in…

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Geneva's City Council has approved an "exceptional and one-off" loan to support Geneva-based NGOs hit by US aid cuts, in a vote supported by centrists and the left but opposed by right-wing elected officials. genevasolutions.news/global-news/ge…

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The UN Human Rights Council 📌 #HRC59 is set to renew the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry 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. genevasolutions.news/human-rights/h…

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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. genevasolutions.news/global-news/in…

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🗓️Join us today at 12:15 pm to discuss how to support international Geneva as orgs. grapple with the loss of US aid.🎙Beatrice Ferrari, Carlo Sommaruga, Nicolas Walder, Fabrice Eggly (Fondation pour Genève), Nicolas Bideau (EDA - DFAE). Kasmira Jefford Luisa Ballin youtube.com/live/Afr-20Xvu…

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In a rare public display of frustration over budget cuts and layoffs, hundreds of UN staffers took to the Place des Nations in Geneva today. Here’s what they had to say.👇 | via Geneva Solutions genevasolutions.news/global-news/we…

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🇺🇳Efforts to reform the UN have been ongoing for years. With finances in freefall, can a radical overhaul save the 80-year-old institution in time? genevasolutions.news/global-news/un…

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🌾Countries in Geneva agreed this week to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, notorious for its neurotoxicity. This offers an opportunity for natural, safer alternatives. But hurdles remain. My story on #biopesticides | via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/climate-enviro…

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How a foundation recently registered in Geneva plans to feed all of Gaza – with help from US mercenaries | via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/peace-humanita…

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China–US talks began this morning at the Swiss ambassador’s residence on the hills of Cologny in a bid to de-escalate the trade war. But an expert warns that failure could trigger an economic split. Our reporting with Paula Dupraz-Dobias Stéphane Bussard genevasolutions.news/sustainable-bu…

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A year of steep foreign aid cuts has dealt a heavy blow to organisations working for women and girls’ rights in humanitarian crises, pushing hundreds of them “to the brink”, according to a survey by UN Women. | via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/peace-humanita…

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An ideological battle is afoot to purge the United Nations of its progressive language and policies on gender, diversity and climate change. The United States is leading it, though with limited success, reports Michelle Langrand 👉genevasolutions.news/human-rights/u…

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#ILC2025 The win comes after ideological divisions over LGBTQ rights once again threatened to derail consensus at the International Labour Organization and caused deliberations to drag on for another day. | via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/human-rights/n…

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With budgets slashed, debates shortened and scrutiny stymied, the UN Human Rights Council opens its summer session in Geneva in survival mode. #HRC59 | via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/human-rights/l…

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A special rapporteur’s claim that biological sex is to blame for violence faced by women and girls sparked pushback from states and advocates at UN Human Rights Council 📌 #HRC59. ✍️ Michelle Langrand ➡️ l.genevasolutions.news/K

A special rapporteur’s claim that biological sex is to blame for violence faced by women and girls sparked pushback from states and advocates at <a href="/UN_HRC/">UN Human Rights Council 📌 #HRC59</a>. ✍️ <a href="/mi_langrand/">Michelle Langrand</a>
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