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November 2022
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Press Release
Marking World Children’s Day, UNICEF calls for active youth participation and engagement on climate change and early childhood development by appointing its first two Youth Advocates in Iraq

Tuqa AlBakri and Mujtaba Alshawi have been respectively appointed as UNICEF Iraq’s Early Childhood Development and Climate Change Youth Advocates. World Children´s Day will be marked by turning blue key monuments in Iraq, along with messages of commitment from civil society and the private sector.

 

November 2022
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Press Release
Iraq actively participates in COP27, UN Climate Change Conference

Baghdad, Iraq, 20 November 2022 – Iraq is ranked as the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, with extreme weather events across the country demonstrating the immediate impact on Iraqi communities, making Iraq’s participation in COP27, the 27th annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change, more vital than ever. Organized by the United Nations in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the 06-18 November conference has now closed.

November 2022
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Press Release
The Ministries of Labour and Social Affairs of Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the ILO and the European Union launch policies on labour inspection and Occupational Safety and Health

Baghdad, Iraq, 20 November 2022 - New policies on labour inspection and Occupational Safety and Health were launched in Baghdad on Sunday (November 20) by the Ministries of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, the European Union (EU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The policies will contribute to modernizing the labour inspection system and improve working conditions for workers and their employers, in line with International Labour Standards.