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What remains of the UN dream 80 years after the Second World War?

Signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco on 26 June 1945.

This content was published on May 6, 2025 Eighty years after the creation of the United Nations, the rise of extremes and the return of open conflict are challenging the international institutions that emerged after the war.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 in the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, 12 September 2024

Swiss diplomacy

Switzerland eyes mediation role amid rising risk of conflict in outer space

This content was published on Apr 10, 2025 As political jockeying between the major powers intensifies in space, Switzerland wants to play the role of "bridge builder" to avert armed conflict in space.

Swiss diplomacy

Kremlin critic: every handshake with Putin is ‘drenched in blood’

This content was published on Apr 5, 2025 Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Kremlin critic who survived two poisoning attempts and a prison term in Russia, talks to SWI swissinfo.ch in Geneva about the dangers of negotiating with Vladimir Putin.

A migrant child is carried while being rescued by Libyan coast guards in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya.

International Geneva

UN warns Sudanese refugees are stuck in Libya with nowhere to go

This content was published on Mar 18, 2025 Over 200,000 Sudanese have fled the war in their country and sought refuge in Libya, where they are exposed to human rights violations.

After Goma fell to the M23, the ICRC collected and buried the bodies that littered the streets.

International Geneva

Red Cross warns of forgotten humanitarian crisis in DRC

This content was published on Mar 7, 2025 In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a rebel offensive has plunged hundreds of thousands of civilians into an acute humanitarian crisis.

Children write on the floor with coloured piece of chalk "Stop Bombing Children" during a Pro-Palestinian rally in Parliament Square, central London, on February 7, 2024 and called by British associations Stop the War Coalition (StWC) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).

International Geneva

Middle East conference in Geneva aims to revive international humanitarian law

This content was published on Mar 3, 2025 The conference on the Middle East will focus on banning the forced displacement of people, among other issues. A non-binding declaration is expected.

People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, line up to register for shelter at a soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Swiss position

Switzerland continues to support peace in Colombia, despite recent violence

This content was published on Feb 28, 2025 With National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels once again resorting to violence, peace in Colombia is under threat. Switzerland, meanwhile, continues to support implementation of the 2016 peace agreement.

Elena Servettaz (l) and Ekaterina Glikman (r)

Swiss diplomacy

Ekaterina Glikman: ‘It pains me deeply to see what’s happening in Ukraine and Russia’

This content was published on Feb 20, 2025 The deputy editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe talks about the challenges of working as a journalist in exile in Switzerland, and how the new media outlet covers events in Ukraine and Russia.

Garry Kasparov at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.

Swiss diplomacy

Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov slams Swiss inaction on Putin’s killer drones

This content was published on Feb 20, 2025 Switzerland should do more to stop Swiss components ending up in Russian drones used to attack Ukraine, says Russian chess grandmaster and dissident Garry Kasparov.

International Geneva

Humanitarian work and the new world order

This content was published on Feb 18, 2025 US president Donald Trump's foreign aid cuts are upending humanitarian work and how human rights are respected worldwide.

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