Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- Covid-19 : la flambée de violences domestiques en Europe nécessite des mesures d’urgence (OMS)
ONU Info – 7 mai 2020
- Scientist warn about rare, but severe childhood heart syndrome linked to Covid-19
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 6 May 2020
- Contagion or starvation: a dilemma facing 2 billion workers, says ILO
Interview of Ryszard Cholewinski, Senior Migration Specialist at ILO’s Office for Arab States in Beirut
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 7 May 2020 - ‘The pandemic has stressed production and transportation in unprecedented ways’
Interview of Vicente Escribano, head of UNHCR’s Supply Management Service
UNHCR – 7 May 2020 - WEF says pandemic strengthens case for using blockchain in supply chains
With Sheila Warren, Head of Blockchain and Data Policy, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
CNNMoney Switzerland – 7 May 2020 (video) - Ensuring Respect for International Law in Armed Conflict: The Key Role of Knowledge Dissemination
By Nathalie Mivelaz Tirabosco, Communication Manager at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
UN today – 7 May 2020 - UN issues $6.7 billion appeal to protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries
Reliefweb / OCHA – 7 May 2020
- Covid-19 : après une telle pandémie, il ne peut y avoir de « retour à la normale », estime l’OMS
ONU Info – 6 mai 2020
- «Le Covid-19 est l’occasion de réaffirmer le droit à la santé»
Interview de Winnie Byanyima, directrice de l’Onusida
Le Temps – 5 mai 2020 - From the ‘Spanish Flu’ to COVID-19: lessons from the 1918 pandemic and First World War
ICRC / Humanitarian Law & Policy – 23 April 2020
- Norway increases commitment to immunisation for the most vulnerable, pledges USD 1 billion to Gavi
Gavi – 4 May 2020
- Real-time data can help combat COVID-19 on the African continent
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 5 May 2020
- How covid-19 gave peace a chance, and nobody took it
The Economist – 5 May 2020 (upon registration)
- The Bridge Newsletter: Echoes from Geneva - Where Finance Meets Impact
Sustainable Finance Geneva – April 2020