Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- ‘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
- COVID-19: No return to ‘old normal’, says UN health chief, as cases top 15 millionRead
UN News – 23 July 2020
- Visite guidée de la jonction autoroutière du Grand-SaconnexRead
Tribune de Genève – 22 July 2020 (accès payant)
- New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 responseRead
WHO – 22 July 2020
- Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria execute four aid workersRead
Swissinfo / Reuters – 22 July 2020