Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- Conference on Disarmament continues discussions on how to reach consensus on adopting a programme of work
UNOG – 1 February 2018
- Humanitarian diplomacy ‘getting nowhere’ in Syria warns UN special adviser
UN News Centre – 1 February 2018
- Solidarité internationale : contrat de partenariat avec le CICR
République et canton de Genève – 31 janvier 2018
- UNHCR releases draft outlining a new global refugee deal
"UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today released a 'zero draft' of the global compact on refugees ahead of formal talks with UN Member States set to begin on 13 February 2018."UNHCR - 31 January 2018
- FIND launches strategy to accelerate diagnostics use to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR), alongside four forthcoming AMR collaboration agreements
FIND - 30 January 2018
- Mami Mizutori of Japan Appointed Assistant Secretary-General, Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction
"Ms. Mizutori will succeed Robert Glasser of Australia to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedication and excellent leadership of UNISDR."UN/Secretary-General – 31 January 2018
- Snakebite Gets Attention Of WHO Executive Board, Draft Resolution Approved
IP-Watch – 30 January 2018
- Amid funding crunch, UN agency seeks $800 million in lifesaving aid for Palestine refugees
UN News Centre – 30 January 2018
- 2018 - A New Year Resolution for the United Nations
UNOG/Director-General's Blog – 30 January 2018
- Gustave Ador, the ICRC, and leadership on refugee and migration policy
ICRC – 30 January 2018 (blog)
- ICRC Legal Adviser Netta Goussac talks about new technologies and IHL
"ICRC legal adviser Netta Goussac talks about new technologies and IHL, including the applicability of IHL to drone strikes, the importance of human control over and the accountability gap with autonomous weapon systems." ICRC – 26 January 2018 (video)
- WHO Antibiotic Resistance Data Shows Worrying Trend; Industry Ready To Help
WHO – 29 January 2018