Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- Beau et éphémère, l'Opéra des Nations nous dit adieu et s'en va en Chine
Tribune de Genève – 17 janvier 2019
- Defenders of Human Rights Are Making a Comeback
By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights WatchForeign Policy – 17 January 2019
- Fire, aim, ready | Kate Gilmore | TEDxPlaceDesNationsWomen
YouTube / TEDx Talks – 8 January 2019 (video)-
- Bachelet appeals for record funds to support UN human rights work in an era of great turbulence
OHCHR – 16 January 2019
- Anti-vax movement listed by World Health Organization as one of the top 10 health threats for 2019
Newsweek – 15 January 2019
- New global alliance commits over USD $1 billion to help end plastic waste in the environment; sets goal of investing USD $1.5 billion
WBCSD – 16 January 2019
- The ICRC develops its first massive open online course (MOOC) on sustainability in humanitarian action
ICRC – 16 January 2019
- Proving our worth through action': 5 things Guterres wants the UN to focus on in 2019
UN News -16 January 2019
- Ready for another 130 years of empowering parliaments
By Gabriela Cuevas Barron, IPU President, and Martin Chungong, IPU Secretary GeneralIPU – 7 January 2019
- Countering myths about FGM/C | Jasmine Abdulcadir | TEDxPlaceDesNationsWomen
YouTube / TEDx Talks – 8 January 2019 (video)
- Une collaboration internationale publie l'étude de conception d'un futur collisionneur circulaire post-LHC au CERN
"Le rapport expose les remarquables perspectives pour la physique offertes par des machines d'une énergie et d'une intensité jamais atteintes jusqu'ici, et détaille les défis techniques, les coûts et les calendriers de réalisation d'un tel projet."CERN – 15 janvier 2019
- Syrie : le nouvel émissaire de l'ONU arrive à Damas pour sa première visite
ONU Info – 15 janvier 2019
- Kofi Annan Foundation launches Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age
Kofi Annan Foundation – 15 January 2019
- Why corporate social responsibility is "dead"
Interview with Peter Bakker, president and CEO of the Geneva-based World Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentCNN Money Switzerland – 15 January 2019 (Video)