Switzerland
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS DELEGATIONS REJECT ACCUSATIONS BY RUSSIA OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF NOVICHOK NERVE AGENT
Swiss President of the Conference on Disarmament Urges Flexibility and Creativity in Establishing Subsidiary Bodies in her First Address to Member States 20 March 2018 The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard an update from the Unit...Read More
WSIS Forum 2018 To Be Held Next Week In Geneva
news_140318_wsis.jpg © ITU 14 March 2018 From 19 to 23 March 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland, UNESCO will co-host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum, the world’s largest annual gathering of the ICT for development communit...Read More
Activities Of Secretary-General In Switzerland, 25-26 February
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Geneva on Sunday, 25 February, in the evening.
WTO Members Broaden The Discussion On IP, Inclusive Innovation And The Public Interest
Intellectual property and innovation As part of a series of items on IP and innovation regularly added to the Council’s agenda since 2012, the co-sponsors (Australia, the European Union, Japan, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei and the United Sta...Read More
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS THIRTY-SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION
United Nations Secretary-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights, President of the General Assembly and Foreign Minister of Switzerland Address the Council 26 February 2018 The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-seventh...Read More
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS THIRTY-SEVENTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 26 FEBRUARY TO 23 MARCH 2018
21 February 2018 The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-seventh regular session from 26 February to 23 March 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session ...Read More
DDG Wolff: Standards Have Central Role To Play In Assisting Growth Of World Trading System
Thank you very much for the invitation to join your meeting on World Standards Cooperation. I moved back to Geneva this last summer after an absence of several decades. At the time of my first visit, I was with the U.S. Treasury Department....Read More
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO HOLD FIRST PUBLIC PLENARY OF ITS 2018 SESSION ON TUESDAY, 23 JANUARY
18 January 2018 The Conference on Disarmament, the world’s single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2018 session on Tuesday, 23 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The sessio...Read More
Multi-stakeholder Sports Integrity Taskforces Established
PRESS RELEASE 15/12/2017 – The International Partnership against Corruption in Sport (IPACS), a multi-stakeholder platform, agreed to set up three taskforces to help tackle corruption in sport at its meeting at the OECD in Paris on 14 to 15...Read More
INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM HOLDS ITS FIRST MAIN SESSION ON INTERNET DISRUPTIONS, ENCRYPTION AND DATA FLOWS
18 December 2017 The twelfth Internet Governance Forum held this morning its first main session entitled: Local Interventions, Global Impacts: How Can International Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation Address Internet Disruptions, Encryption and ...Read More
TWELFTH INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM SHAPE YOUR DIGITAL FUTURE! TO FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF DIGITIZATION
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Fake News, Internet of Things and Virtual Reality to Dominate the Annual Meeting Taking Place in Geneva from 18 to 21 December 13 December 2017 Geneva, 13 December 2017 – More than 2,000 people, including ...Read More
Postal Services Key To Advancing Shared Progress, Leveraging Modern Technology, Connecting Peoples, Secretary-General Says In Observance Message
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the opening ceremony of World Post Day, in Berne, Switzerland, today:
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