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  • Bye bye bilaterals: UN general assembly to embrace Zoom diplomacy

    The Guardian – 19 September 2020

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  • What’s on this week?

    Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO; ISO General Assembly 2020; Protecting Jobs: Decent Work Solutions for a Just Transition, ILO; UNECE 2020 Energy Week; Sustainable Development Impact Summit, WEF; Climat : que fait la Genève internationale, Geneva Environment Network; The Racism of International Relations, IHEID; Check out the calendar

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  • Global Health Leaders Plead For ‘Billions’ In Immediate Funding To Fight The Pandemic As G-20 Health & Finance Ministers Meet

    Health Policy Watch – 17 September 2020

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  • Robert Mardini: «Le CICR prévoit un déficit de 130 millions pour 2020»

    Le Temps – 17 septembre 2020 (accès payant)

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  • Robert Mardini s'exprime sur les suppressions d'emplois au CICR

    RTS / La Matinale – 18 septembre 2020 (vidéo)

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  • What is the humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?

    With Linh Schroeder, deputy regional director, ICRC Africa

    ICRC – 17 September 2020

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  • Le Club suisse de la presse s’installe au Domaine de Penthes et étend ses prestations

    Club suisse de la presse – 17 septembre 2020

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  • Covid in Europe: WHO warns of 'alarming' spread across continent

    The Guardian – 17 September 2020

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  • Keep health workers safe to keep patients safe: WHO

    WHO – 17 September 2020

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  • ILO: Developing countries should invest US$1.2 trillion to guarantee basic social protection

    ILO – 17 September 2020

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  • WIPO Director General Gurry and Colombia President Duque Open "WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market"

    WIPO – 16 September 2020

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  • A record-breaking year for childhood immunisation

    By Dr Seth Berkley, CEO, Gavi

    Gavi – 16 September 2020

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  • IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 postponed

    IUCN – 16 September 2020

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  • Launch of the restoration of the Sursock museum and Beirut’s historic district

    ALIPH / ICOMOS / ICOM – 15 September 2020

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  • Geneva Peace Talks Goes Digital 2020

    Interpeace – 16 September 2020

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  • GAIN proud to support UN 2021 Food Systems Summit, chairing the Action Track to ensure safe nutritious food for all

    GAIN – 16 September 2020

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  • Ladies and latrines - the unspoken development opportunity

    Interview of Dr. Elizabeth Wamera, expert at the Geneva-based Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

    Geneva Solutions – 15 September 2020

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  • Social entrepreneurs are first responders to the COVID-19 crisis. This is why they need support

    By Hilde Schwab, Chairperson and Co-Founder, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Diana Wells, President Emerita, Ashoka, Don Gips, Chief Executive Officer, Skoll Foundation, and Jeroo Billimoria, Founder, One Family Foundation

    WEF – 16 September 2020

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  • Readers React | Should humanitarian aid always be neutral?

    The New Humanitarian – 16 September 2020

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  • 'Depoliticisation is an investment in global health'

    Geneva Solutions – 15 September 2020

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  • Opinion: COVID-19 is a turning point for infectious diseases

    By Peter Sands, executive director, The Global Fund

    Devex – 16 September 2020

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