Movers and Shakers

Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.

 

  • 4 things young people want from education in the future

    By Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF, and Robert E. Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
    WEF – 20 July 2020

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  • New ‘Versatile Video Coding’ standard to enable next-generation video compression

    ITU – 20 July 2020

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  • Prisons : il faut prendre acte de l’échec des politiques répressives

    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

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  • Les Nations Unies célèbrent la première Journée mondiale des échecs en mettant l'accent sur la fraternité

    ONU Info – 20 juillet 2020

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  • CERN visits your home

    “Take part in interactive virtual lectures and discover the world of particles and the scientists exploring it”
    CERN – 16 July 2020

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  • Human Rights Council concludes forty-fourth regular session after adopting 23 resolutions

    UN Geneva – 17 July 2020

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  • Coronavirus: WHO reports record single-day global increase in cases

    BBC News – 19 July 2020

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  • Can new leadership fix the World Trade Organization's existential crisis?

    Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 17 July 2020

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  • ‘Inequality defines our time’: UN chief delivers hard-hitting Mandela day message

    UN News – 18 July 2020

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  • What’s on this week?

    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!

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  • UN issues $10.3B coronavirus appeal and warns of the price of inaction

    OCHA – 16 July 2020

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  • The Fastest Way Out of the Pandemic

    By Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of the WHO

    Project Syndicate – 15 July 2020

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  • Building Back Better: Equality at the Centre

    By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC, Guy Ryder, Director-General, ILO, and Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General, UNOG

    The Geneva Observer – 16 July 2020

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  • Human Rights Council adopts 13 resolutions, extends mandates on Eritrea, education, extrajudicial executions, trafficking in persons, leprosy, judges and lawyers, persons with disabilities, international solidarity and extreme poverty

    UN Geneva – 16 July 2020

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  • The Fight Continues Against Malaria

    The Global Fund / Youtube – 16 July 2020 (video)

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  • Sur la route du virus qui fait trembler le monde

    Avec Jean-Philippe Ceppi, producteur, Temps Présent, et Didier Pittet, médecin et épidémiologiste

    RTS / Objectif Monde – 16 juillet 2020 (vidéo)

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  • L’OMS et l'UNICEF mettent en garde contre le déclin des vaccinations pendant la Covid-19

    ONU Info – 15 juillet 2020

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  • How WHO is supporting ongoing vaccination efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic

    WHO – 14 July 2020

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  • 150 Countries Sign Up For COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility; Moderna Releases Promising Peer-Reviewed Phase I Vaccine Trial Results

    Health Policy Watch – 15 July 2020

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  • La fin de la pandémie n’est pas pour demain

    Le Temps – 15 juillet 2020

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  • WTO leadership contenders begin auditions at global trade body

    Al Jazeera – 15 July 2020

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