The flag of the Red Cross and of the Red Crescent at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, Switzerland. (Keystone/Image Broker/Guenter Fischer)

⛑️Belarus Red Cross to attend humanitarian conference in Geneva despite suspension. The presence of the Belarussian and Russian chapters at a global Red Cross conference at the end of the month is set to cast a shadow over the key gathering aimed at affirming commitment for humanitarian action.

⚔️Will Switzerland finally obtain the Human Rights Council presidency? Jürg Lauber, the Swiss ambassador to the UN in Geneva, is in the running to take the helm of the human rights body next year. Though Switzerland is the only candidate so far, Spain has not ruled out throwing its hat in the ring.

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN’s premier human rights body. The Gulf state was narrowly defeated at a secret ballot at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday to elect 18 members to the Human Rights Council following a human rights campaign against its bid. Riyadh, which was competing against five other countries in its regional group, received the least amount of votes.

🔊International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum exhibition tells story of humanitarian aid through sound. Thousands of hours of audio recordings have been extracted from the museum’s archives to explore the relationship between sound and humanitarian action.

🇸🇩UN extends investigation into Sudan rights violations. Human Rights Council members voted on Wednesday to extend a fact-finding mission collecting evidence of abuses being committed in Sudan’s ongoing civil war.

🧕Afghanistan: Alleged crime against humanity targeted at UN in Geneva. The Human Rights Council on Wednesday called on the Taliban to revoke its latest morality law imposed in August, saying it may amount to a crime against humanity for the persecution of women.