root, Author at Global Cities Hub

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

UNHCR protects and assists refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stateless people. Headquartered in Geneva, it operates worldwide, including in cities which now host the vast majority of refugees and IDPs.

Institution: UNHCR

June 20, 2023 4:00 pm

International Mayors Council on Homelessness

Online

The First Meeting of the Mayors Council is an opportunity to showcase the work led by UN-Habitat and other stakehodlers, including the Geneva Cities Hub, to fight homelesseness and create a Mayors-led coalition on this issue

January 27, 2023 2:00 pm

Mayors, Human Rights & the UN Universal Periodic Review

Palais des Nations, Room XXII & Online

The Geneva Cities Hub and several partners have recently launched a Coalition for the participation of LRGs in the UPR. The coalition seeks to promote the involvement of LRGs in the UPR, to garner support for human rights at all levels of governments and enhance their implementation on the ground.

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January 26, 2023 1:00 pm

International Standards in support of Cities and Local Authorities’ development agenda

Av. de la Paix 9, and Online

The event will enable a dialogue between local authorities and experts from ISO, IEC and ITU to mutually learn more about the way standards can be developed to support city policymakers and ameliorate the quality of life of their citizens.

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January 20, 2023 2:00 pm

Plastic pollution convention under negotiation: what about the cities?

Av. de la Paix 9, and Online

The negotiation of the new International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (Plastic Pollution INC-1) started in November in Punta del Este Uruguay and will continue next April in Paris (INC-2). As the issue raises a lot of interest, a "plastic COP" some say, local and regional governments (LRGs), among the first to be concerned are nowhere to be seen in the negotiations.

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December 6, 2022 6:45 pm

Urbanization and climate change: what challenges for the countries from the “Global south”?

Forum Genève, Rue de Lausanne 19 Genève

On 6 December, the Geneva Cities Hub has been invited to contribute to an event organized by Helvetas on “Urbanization and climate change: what challenges for the countries from the “Global south”?”.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

International Mayors Council on Homelessness

Mayors, Human Rights & the UN Universal Periodic Review

International Standards in support of Cities and Local Authorities’ development agenda

Plastic pollution convention under negotiation: what about the cities?

Urbanization and climate change: what challenges for the countries from the “Global south”?

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