Cluster: Geopolitics

Swiss foreign ministry warns against travel to Haiti

a man weaing a bullet proof vest speaks to a group of men who are recording him with their smartphones. three men with black ski masks sit on either side of the standing man.

This content was published on Mar 7, 2024 According to the Swiss foreign ministry the development of the situation is "highly uncertain".

Deming expert wearing blue safety equipment carrying a mine in green bush.

Foreign Affairs

Parliament endorses Swiss commitment to mine clearance efforts in Ukraine

This content was published on Mar 6, 2024 The motion calls for the defence ministry to develop an international programme for mine clearance in cooperation with organisations active in war zones.

two women and a man sit at a blue table.

International Geneva

Swiss diplomat Mô Bleeker appointed UN special adviser on protection

This content was published on Mar 6, 2024 Swiss diplomat Mô Bleeker has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General as the new Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect.

International Geneva

Is there a problem with UNRWA?

This content was published on Mar 5, 2024 Allegations of UNRWA staff ties to Hamas led to funding cuts to the agency. But other aid agencies argue they lack the capacity to fill the gap.

Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland in Bellinzona, Switzerland

Foreign Affairs

Sonko trial: prosecutor demands life imprisonment for Gambian ex-minister

This content was published on Mar 5, 2024 Ousmane Sonko, former interior minister of Gambia, must answer for serious human rights offences in Bellinzona, in canton Ticino.

International Geneva

Inside Geneva: what’s the future of UNRWA?

This content was published on Mar 5, 2024 Israel has accused the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) of being involved in the October 7 attacks. We spoke to the UNRWA head to find out more.

The MSC Sky II, managed by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., was about 91 miles (146 kilometers) southeast of the Yemeni city of Aden when a blast occurred, the UK Navy said.

Foreign Affairs

Houthi missile damages MSC container ship in Gulf of Aden

This content was published on Mar 5, 2024 Houthi militants attacked and damaged a Swiss-owned container vessel on Monday in the Gulf of Aden.

Beat Jans Swiss ministry of the interior

Foreign Affairs

Swiss minister seeks EU collaboration on migration and crime

This content was published on Mar 4, 2024 On the agenda: migration, the protection of the Schengen area’s external borders and the fight against international crime

International Geneva

UN General Assembly president: ‘Over 75 years we’ve not had a Third World War’

This content was published on Mar 2, 2024 In Geneva to address the United Nations Human Rights Council, the president of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis, weighs in on the wars in Gaza and in Ukraine and shares what keeps him optimistic.

A Ukrainian tank fires at Russian positions in Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 29, 2024.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland implements new sanctions against Russia

This content was published on Mar 1, 2024 Switzerland has imposed further sanctions against Russia in response to the ongoing military aggression against Ukraine.

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