#KNL hosted a reception on the occasion of our candidature for #HRC membership 2024-26. PR Paul Bekkers and Human Rights Ambassador Wim Geerts reiterated KNL’s firm commitment to #HumanRights . 🇳🇱 your Partner to Promote and Protect #HumanRights .
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75 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted to advance freedoms and protect human dignity.

Today, it’s crucial to renew these commitments and uphold these rights for all.

As we countdown to #HumanRights75 , let's make the time for action now.👇

A touch of orange 📙 at the opening of the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Today marks the start of the UN #HumanRightsCouncil . In the 5 weeks ahead Team #KingdomNL will engage constructively in negotiations on numerous topics such as women's rights, Afghanistan, Russia and reprisals.

Follow us these coming weeks for more updates on #HRC54 .

66 countries criminalise private, consensual, same-sex sexual activity. In some, even by death penalty.

Equal rights for #LGBTIQ + persons is a priority for #KingdomNL for United Nations Human Rights Council membership 2024-2026.

🇳🇱 Your Partner to Promote and Protect #HumanRights

#KingdomNL inHRC

Thank you Ambassador Wim Geerts - great start in your new position as human rights ambassador

#KingdomNL runs for the UN Human Rights Council Membership 2024-2026 as your Partner to Promote and Protect Human Rights.
We can only advance #humanrights together.

This is our pledge as your Partner in Human Rights ⤵️

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No lives should be lost in a predictable disaster.

Together, we @IFRC, the United Nations & partners continue to scale up action to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected by early warnings by 2027.

We must invest in early warning & early action & save lives.

We have a new waste separation system. Including coffee capsules.
We love drinking coffee, certainly,
but given the size of the container we need to only change it once every 6 years. :-)

.World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive #breastfeeding for the first six months of life, and continued breastfeeding for two years or beyond, if parents are able to do so.

However, manufacturers of breastmilk substitutes are using sophisticated marketing tactics to market formula to mothers…

Congratulations to Dutch women’s waterpolo team in Fukuoka, Japan - World Champion!
Promising position for the ‘Oranje Ladies’ for the Olympics next year in Paris.

#KingdomNL runs for the UN Human Rights Council Membership 2024-2026 as your Partner to Promote and Protect #humanrights .

Have a look at ISHR’s scorecard for #KingdomNL ’s Human Rights record ⤵️.

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#KingdomNL runs for the UN Human Rights Council Membership 2024-2026 as your Partner to Promote and Protect #humanrights .

Want to learn about our priorities? See our pledge here⤵️

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#HumanRights are the foundations of a democracy in which every person counts. Human Rights ambassador Bahia Tahzib-Lie talks about her commitment to protect and promote human rights all over the world.

Watch here ⬇️

#HumanRights 75 #StandUp4HumanRights @UNhumanrights

📣 Today the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus the #KingdomNL -led resolution to end and prevent Child, Early and #ForcedMarriage . A strong commitment from the international community💪!
We 🙏the 71 States, the core group and Members of the Council that supported the resolution #HRC53 !

I am pleased to welcome the government of the Netherlands Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 Paul Bekkers together with the Dutch Red Cross Rode Kruis Derk Segaar as co-chairs of the IFRC Donor Advisory Group. We're grateful to DAG members & observers for their commitment & support to the IFRC network.

Thank you #SheLeads for your encouragement through sharing your, sometimes difficult, personal stories and experiences.

By delving into the past, we can better understand and address today’s societal challenges such as racism and other negative consequences of slavery.

🗓️ Until 4 July at United Nations Geneva

Exhibition 'Slavery: ten true stories of Dutch colonial slavery'

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Today is Keti Koti!

This year, #KetiKoti marks the start of a memorial year in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to commemorate and reflect on the role of the Dutch in slave trade and slavery, as well as the abolition of slavery 150 years ago.

#RememberSlavery

Thanks to JAPAN Mission GENEVA for hosting an important conversation on #ClimateChange & early warning systems with Mami Mizutori Mami Mizutori & a great group of Geneva colleagues. The 🇺🇸 strongly supports the work of UNDRR, World Meteorological Organization, Int’l Telecommunication Union, & @IFRC on #EarlyWarning4All .