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- New ‘Versatile Video Coding’ standard to enable next-generation video compressionRead
ITU – 20 July 2020
- Prisons : il faut prendre acte de l’échec des politiques répressivesRead
Par Ruth Dreifuss, ancienne présidente de la Confédération suisse, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, ancien président de la Pologne, Michel Kazatchkine, ancien directeur du Fonds mondial et Javier Solana, ancien Secrétaire général de l’OTAN
Global Commission on Drug Policy / Le Monde – 20 juillet 2020
- Les Nations Unies célèbrent la première Journée mondiale des échecs en mettant l'accent sur la fraternitéRead
ONU Info – 20 juillet 2020
- CERN visits your homeRead
“Take part in interactive virtual lectures and discover the world of particles and the scientists exploring it”
CERN – 16 July 2020
- Human Rights Council concludes forty-fourth regular session after adopting 23 resolutionsRead
UN Geneva – 17 July 2020
- Can new leadership fix the World Trade Organization's existential crisis?Read
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 17 July 2020
- ‘Inequality defines our time’: UN chief delivers hard-hitting Mandela day messageRead
UN News – 18 July 2020
- What’s on this week?Read
General Council at WTO; Digital Health Virtual Round Table with the Member States at WHO; Lancement de la norme mondiale sur les Solutions fondées sur la Nature à l'UICN; Ciné ONU online edition "Wake up on Mars"; Human Rights Committee; Commitee against Torture; Webinar on Athlete Activism & Freedom of Expression by Centre for Sport and Human Rights, and more. Check out the calendar!
- Secretary-General Appoints Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica Executive Director, International Trade CentreRead
United Nations / Secretary-General – 24 July 2020
- Human Rights Committee closes its one hundred and twenty-ninth session, its first ever held onlineRead
UN Geneva – 24 July 2020
- The Geneva Trade Platform: Broadening and Diversifying the Conversation about TradeRead
Interview of Dmitry Grozoubinski, Executive Director, the Geneva Trade Platform
The Geneva Observer – 23 July 2020
- Geneva steps onto the stage as an urban laboratory for ecological changeRead
With Panos Mantziaras, Director, Fondation Braillard Architectes
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 24 July 2020
- Inside Geneva podcast: Can Covid-19 'vaccine multilateralism' work?Read
With Nora Kronig Romero, Head of International Affairs Division, Federal Office of Public Health, Thomas Cueni, Director General, IFPMA, and Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, Gavi
Swissinfo – 26 July 2020 (audio)
- La mémoire numérique du CERN prend des couleursRead
"Près de 200 000 photographies en couleurs ont été scannées afin de les préserver et de les rendre plus facilement accessibles"
CERN – 22 juillet 2020
- Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute recognises DiploFoundation’s contribution to Institute's workRead
DiploFoundation – 24 July 2020
- Seckou Keita & Friends - Now Or Never (Official Video): Support the ICRC in response to COVID-19!Read
With Seckou Keita, Fatoumata Diawara, Noura Mint Seymali, Hakim, Manecas Costa, Anandi Bhattacharya, Zule Guerra, Kris Drever, Celestine Walcott-Gordon
Youtube – 26 July 2020 (video)
- What's on this week?Read
High-level Global Talk Show: Towards a “Hepatitis-free future” @WHO; Committee on Agriculture @WTO; Online training @PHAP on Humanitarian Leadership: Dealing with uncertainties; Webinar on The impact of unequal access to ICT infrastructure on the Geography of COVID-19 Diffusion @ITU, and more. Check out the calendar!
- IUCN creates a global standard for evaluating trendy "nature-based solutions"Read
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 23 July 2020
- DG Azevêdo: “We’ve achieved a lot, but much remains to be done”Read
“In his farewell remarks to the General Council on 23 July, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo reflected on the achievements secured during his seven years at the helm of the WTO and the challenges facing the organization ahead.”
WTO – 23 July 2020