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Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva for SWI swissinfo.ch as well as the BBC.

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Who will be the new UN Secretary General?

This content was published on With the UN set to appoint a new Secretary-General on January 1 next year, Swissinfo spoke to four candidates competing for the top job.

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Inside Geneva: Can a woman lead the UN?

This content was published on On Inside Geneve this week, we look at the race to be the next UN secretary general. Is it time for a change?

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Inside Geneva: Books to make you think

This content was published on Books to make you think looks at the destruction of the USAID from the inside and the bias in how the US press covered the war in Gaza.

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Inside Geneva: books to make you think

This content was published on This week, Inside Geneva presents the newest installment of our “Books to make you think” series.

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What’s the point of foreign aid?

This content was published on Governments are scaling back on foreign aid budgets. But in an unstable world, that money contributes to global peace, our experts say.

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Inside Geneva: is aid failing?

This content was published on On Inside Geneva, we take stock of aid cuts and what they mean for new crises such as Ebola.

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Challenges to press freedom

This content was published on Disinformation, misinformation, coercion and violence: around the world, journalists are coming under mounting pressure.

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Can the UN survive?

This content was published on The new UN Secretary‑General will face a daunting task: restoring legitimacy to an organisation that is in urgent need of serious reform.

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Inside Geneva: can the UN survive?

This content was published on On Inside Geneva this week, we ask: in a world of violent conflict, is the UN – which was founded to keep the peace – doing its job?

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Who’s missing in the peace process?

This content was published on How do you create a sustainable peace when the people who have to live with its consequences are not involved?

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Are we approaching humanitarian aid the wrong way?

What does the UN’s record $35 billion appeal for humanitarian funding tell us about the global order? Should we use the upheaval of the pandemic to create something different?

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