Hello, this is Pip, and today we’re hearing about the organisations working to support Syrian children’s mental health needs, a decade on from the start of the conflict.
We’ve also got a seat at a mock war crimes trial for Geneva students hosted by a Swiss human rights organisation, and we’re covering the UN’s call for an end to police brutality, ten months since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. |
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Peace and humanitarian news
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A Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer hosts a psychosocial support session for Syrian children. (Credit: Syrian Arab Red Crescent)
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Head of Libya's Presidency Council Mohamed al-Manfi (R) and new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (L) in Tripoli, Libya. (Credit: Keystone / EPA / STR)
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Libya’s new interim government sworn in.
Libya’s first unity government in seven years was sworn in last week as efforts to end the country’s decade-long conflict took an important step forward. The new temporary government, which emerged as a result of UN-facilitated talks held in Geneva, is tasked with preparing Libya for elections in December.
UNSMIL (EN)
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Source: Europa (Image credit: EPA / Antonio Cotrim)
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A survey of 27,000 EU citizens
released last week showed a slight increase in those who thought aid spending was important, up from 88 per cent in 2016. The figures were released as the EU announced an increase in its aid budget by 60 per cent, making it the biggest humanitarian donor in the world. Read this interview with the European Commission’s humanitarian aid chief Janez Lenarčič published on Geneva Solutions last week.
Europa (EN)
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