Cluster: Geopolitics

Cassis ready to go to Brussels to save EU framework agreement

This content was published on Apr 11, 2021 The Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis wants to accompany the president to the European capital for final negotiations on the proposed deal.

Tedros Adhanom, director-general World Health Organisation

International Geneva

The ‘moral’ implications of vaccine distribution

This content was published on Apr 9, 2021 Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), discusses the inequities of access to vaccines.

An elderly woman is being administered a Covid-19 vaccine dose in Kenya

International Geneva

Vaccine access inequities increase global tensions

This content was published on Apr 9, 2021 Global health authorities have stepped up their calls for equitable distribution of vaccines. A Geneva expert warns of vaccine nationalism.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland will not protest WHO Covid report on China

This content was published on Apr 8, 2021 Switzerland refuses to be drawn into an international row over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

International Geneva

When do large-scale killings constitute genocide?

This content was published on Apr 6, 2021 The term genocide has been in the news in connection with China’s treatment of the Uighurs. But the word is difficult to apply.

Foreign Affairs

Petition demands government support for Pierre Krähenbühl

This content was published on Apr 6, 2021 The Switzerland-Palestine Society has submitted a petition in favour of the former head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

International Geneva

Genocide: why we apply the term sparingly

This content was published on Apr 6, 2021 It is regarded as the worst of all crimes, but what constitutes genocide?

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland pays first official visit to Iraq in over 40 years

This content was published on Apr 5, 2021 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis is visiting three countries this week to promote stability in the Middle East.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland asks EU for exception to vaccine export rules

This content was published on Apr 4, 2021 Switzerland can no longer import Covid vaccines from the EU without a special license. Officials in Bern have asked for an exception.

International Geneva

Vaccine patent waiver push takes centre stage in Geneva

This content was published on Apr 3, 2021 Richer countries including Switzerland are resisting a push for a patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccine technology.

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