Tag: Geneva

11 Photos From A Palestine Solidarity Rally In Geneva

Palestine, Protests

International condemnation of last week’s massacre in Gaza by Israeli Defense Forces continues. 

Sixty Palestinians were killed, including eight children and one health worker, and another 2,771 injured by live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas used by Israeli forces who were targeting demonstrators, marking May 14 as the deadliest in Gaza since 2014. Of those hospitalized, 1,359 suffered gunshot wounds.

Demonstrations, protests and rallies have been organized around the world. Here are 11 photos from one rally I came across at the Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, across the street from the United Nations Headquarters, on Saturday 19 May.

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Haile Gebrselassie And WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Inaugurate WHO’s ‘Walk The Talk’ Challenge In Geneva

Global Organizations

I was in Geneva today to cover marathon legend Haile Gebrselassie’s role in helping to inaugurate the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “Walk the Talk: Health for All Challenge”, a global movement to promote health and, particularly, physical activity as part of a healthy sustainable future.

The event, organized as part of the celebrations of the WHO’s 70th anniversary and staged on the eve of its 71st World Health Assembly, was the brainchild of WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, whose aims include raising the profile and awareness of the work and goals of the organization, to engage some of the World Health Assembly delegates from the WHO’s 194 member states who have converged this week on Geneva, and to introduce the event as an annual gathering. If you’re interested, my story for the IAAF, the world governing body for track and field, is here.

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