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Senior WHO official under investigation by Italian judiciary

This content was published on Apr 16, 2021 It's a ticking bomb. Ranieri Guerra, special adviser to the WHO head, is under investigation by the Bergamo public prosecutor.

A session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva

International Geneva

UN group voices Uighur abuse concerns

This content was published on Apr 15, 2021 Observers are trying to get access to China’s Xinjiang province, as the country faces international backlash for alleged human rights violations.

Footage of alleged Uighur re-training camp in Xinjiang, China.

International Geneva

Alleged Uighur re-education facility

This content was published on Apr 14, 2021 Footage from Swiss public television RTS of an alleged Uighur re-education facility in Xinjiang, China.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss international aid adds up to 0.5% of gross national income

This content was published on Apr 13, 2021 Switzerland allocated CHF3.34 billion ($3.62 billion) in official development assistance in 2020, accounting for 0.48% of gross national income (GNI).

Foreign Affairs

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.

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