Stefanie Afonso

Attachée, Permanent Mission of Luxembourg in Geneva

[Luxembourg Mission in Geneva🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LUinGeneva]

And that's a wrap for the 54th session of the @UN_HRC, #HRC54! 36 resolutions have been adopted, 26 of them by consensus!

#Luxembourg's🇱🇺 #HumanRights team will shift gears now for the HRC's inter-sessional work, before #HRC55 in March 2024.

#LUatHRC #LUStandsUp4HumanRights🇺🇳

[Luxembourg at the UN🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LuxembourgUN]

At today's #UNSC debate on #WPS, Minister @TainaBofferding stressed Luxembourg's commitment to increasing women's participation in #peacemaking processes:

🔹1% of GNI to #ODA
🔹member of #GenerationEquality Forum #WPS-HA
🔹#FeministForeignPolicy
🔹#WPS national action plan

[Luxembourg at the UN🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LuxembourgUN]

The world has spoken again to uphold the #UNCharter

With 141 yes votes 🗳️ the @UN General Assembly adopts a resolution cosponsored by 75 States, including #EU27, calling for a comprehensive, just & lasting peace in #Ukraine in line with the Charter

We #StandWithUkraine
🇺🇳🇪🇺🇱🇺🇺🇦

[Luxembourg Aid & Development @cooperation_lu]

📢The call for applications for the #HumanitarianInnovationAccelerator is open!

🕕Deadline: 01.03.23

🚀#LuxAid, together w/ @WFPInnovation & @AustrianDev, is seeking innovative solutions to address pressing global humanitarian challenges.

Apply now!⬇️
https://t.co/qUlhk823G8

[Robert Mardini @robert_mardini]

Excellent meeting with Ambassador @BichlerMarc @LUinGeneva & team from @MFA_Lu to discuss humanitarian contexts of mutual interest & the partnership between #Luxembourg & @ICRC. Thank you 🇱🇺 for your invaluable support, including for hosting our delegation for #cyberspace.

[Stefano Sannino @SanninoEU]

The #ComingOutDay is not only an occasion of celebration and pride. It is most of all the time to double our commitment to create the conditions for everybody to express his or her or its own self. We have the right to live a life free from fear. 🌈

[Luxembourg Mission in Geneva🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LUinGeneva]

A big step for #HumanRights: Today the @UN_HRC adopted a resolution on the situation of human rights in Russia, thereby fulfilling its mandate to monitor situations regardless of where they are. #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 is proud to be the penholder for this important initiative.

[EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters @EU_UNGeneva]

We welcome the clear message by @FilippoGrandi replying to Russia at UNHCR ExCom on addressing the root causes of refugee movements:
"Stopping the war in Ukraine would be already a major step in addressing at least one of the main root causes of refugee flows at the moment." ✔️

[Luxembourg Mission in Geneva🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LUinGeneva]

During the annual #HRC51 discussion on the integration of gender perspective, #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 emphasised that it is crucial to tackle the structural causes of sexism, namely patriarchy and the set of stereotypes, discriminations and intersectional divisions that feed it.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Merci beaucoup, #Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister, my brother Jean Asselborn, for supporting @WHO’s work to ensure refugees & migrants are not neglected & discriminated against, but treated with dignity and compassion and have access to quality health services. #HealthForAll #UNGA

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

.@WHO media briefing on World report on the health of refugees & migrants, #COVID19 & other global health issues https://t.co/ElIA9XAx0l

[MFA Luxembourg 🇱🇺 @MFA_Lu]

On this #WorldRefugeeDay, @MFA_Lu stands #WithRefugees - whoever they are, wherever they come from, and whenever they are forced to flee. 🇱🇺🇺🇳

The sad milestone of 100 million forcibly displaced persons was reached due to this year's tragic events. 🇱🇺 will not abandon them.

[Luxembourg Mission in Geneva🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LUinGeneva]

🇱🇺Amb. @BichlerMarc today at the @ICRC, @ilo & @SC_UNGeneva event:
“As a proud supporter of the Paris Principles, you can count on #Luxembourg to remain actively committed to the protection of children in armed conflict […] There is no place for children on the battlefield.”

[Dr Helen Durham AO @Helen_A_Durham]

What may happen to a child recruited or used by an armed force or armed group?

❗️Physical harm
❗️Sexual abuse
❗️Mental and psychological harm
❗️Family separation
❗️Detention
❗️Lack of education
❗️Compromised future

No children should be subject to this.

[Luxembourg at the UN🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LuxembourgUN]

At #AfghanistanConference #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 reaffirmed its solidarity with the people of #Afghanistan 🇦🇫. In addition to €4.5 mln invested since our pledge of Sep 2021, we will contribute €2.5 mln in 2022 to immediate #humanitarian assistance in 🇦🇫 & to regional #refugee response

[CICR @CICR_fr]

Nous sommes le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge.
Nous recevons beaucoup de questions en ce moment.
Où travaillons-nous ?
Que faisons-nous ?

Voici quelques éléments de réponse 👇

[Achim Steiner @ASteiner]

.@UNDP is proud to support millions of #Yemenis through #livelihoods & public works programmes. Humanitarian, #peace & development actors must join forces to ensure immediate needs are met AND a brighter future is possible in #Yemen. #YemenCantWait #InvestinHumanity

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Today’s ruling of the International Court of Justice @CIJ_ICJ requiring the Russian Federation to “immediately suspend the military operations” in Ukraine fully reinforces my repeated appeals for peace.

This war must stop.
https://t.co/BK1pwvmMUT

[Luxembourg Mission in Geneva🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LUinGeneva]

At #HRC49 debate with SRSG V. Gamba (@childreninwar), #Luxembourg recalled that given #Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression against #Ukraine, the protection of Ukraine’s 7.5 million children must be a priority of the @UN_HRC. Children are #NotATarget.

[Luxembourg Aid & Development @cooperation_lu]

.@FranzFayot & @GuyRider signed a new Strategic Partnership Framework (2022-25) in which 🇱🇺 contributes a total amount of 6.4 million € to @ilo to implement basic social security guarantees for all✍️We highly value our long-lasting relationship & look forward to continuing it🤝