Geopolitics

The United Nations in Geneva – before and during the pandemic

This content was published on Feb 18, 2021 Since March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the European headquarters of the UN and international agencies in Geneva to remain almost empty.

Foreign Affairs

Top diplomat Rossier resigns amid ambassador reshuffle

This content was published on Feb 17, 2021 State Secretary and Swiss Ambassador to Moscow Yves Rossier has handed in his notice, the foreign ministry confirmed.

International Geneva

World Trade Organization gets first female and first African leader

This content was published on Feb 15, 2021 The World Trade Organization has confirmed its first woman and first African leader. What challenges face Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala?

Foreign Affairs

Victims to testify in Swiss war crimes trial of Liberian rebel commander

This content was published on Feb 15, 2021 The trial in Switzerland of a Liberian rebel commander facing allegations of rape, executions and cannibalism has resumed.

Opinion

International Geneva

Trade in the time of pandemics

This content was published on Feb 15, 2021 With borders closed and global travel constrained, trade will help us find a way out of the pandemic argues the new WTO Director-General.

Swiss Foreign Minister visited a school in Sikasso in south Mail.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss foreign minister concludes visit to North and West Africa

This content was published on Feb 13, 2021 Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has ended his week-long tour of North and West Africa with visits to Senegal and Gambia.

Opinion

Foreign Affairs

‘The dangerous proximity between Switzerland’s neutrality and the banality of evil’

This content was published on Feb 12, 2021 Literary scholar Simon D. Trüb says Swiss neutrality should be questioned from a moral perspective.

International Geneva

Jailed Chinese lawyer receives prestigious human rights award

This content was published on Feb 11, 2021 The Geneva-based Martin Ennals Foundation announced Yu Wensheng as the winner of its annual global prize for human rights defenders.

Foreign Affairs

‘The world is discovering the Pacific’

This content was published on Feb 11, 2021 Over the past three years, diplomat Yasmine Chatila Zwahlen has helped Switzerland develop its presence in the Pacific.

Three pairs of hands and disinfectant spray

Foreign Affairs

NGOs warn of inequalities in developing countries due to Covid

This content was published on Feb 10, 2021 People in developing countries have less to eat and saw their income drop as result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey in four continents has found.

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