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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.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland provides aid to drought-hit Madagascar

This content was published on Feb 10, 2021 The money will go towards providing food, water and sanitation as the south of the country faces a humanitarian crisis due to poor rainfall.

Swiss and Algerian government delegations at a table

Foreign Affairs

Swiss foreign minister tours North and West Africa

This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has held talks in Algeria at the start of a week-long visit to North and West Africa.

Military vehicles and soldiers patrol a road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar

International Geneva

Coup in Myanmar: What can the UN do?

This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 Officials at the Geneva-based UN evidence-gathering body for serious crimes in Myanmar are closely watching events in the southeast Asian nation.

International Geneva

Covid review: not all our predictions were wrong

This content was published on Feb 9, 2021 One year into the pandemic, we still have so many questions. Here in Geneva, we can put those questions to world leaders in public health.

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