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The Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions scheduled for 7 March will not take place
Bern, 06.03.2025 - The Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions on the implementation of the Fourth Convention (prot ...
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Swiss conference on occupied Palestinian territories cancelled due to lack of participants
Event due to start on Friday would have brought together representatives from 196 signatories of Geneva Conventions to ...
Switzerland cancels Geneva Conventions meeting on Palestinian areas
Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories ...
Turkish Cypriot minister says UN meeting will lead nowhere
LONDON - The foreign minister of breakaway northern Cyprus said on Thursday an informal meeting of Greek and Turkish Cypriots ...
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The international conference that Switzerland doesn’t want but must organise
Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the ...
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Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider travels to New York for the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Federal Department of Home Affairs. Bern, 06.03.2025 - The 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will open in New York on 10 March. This editi ...
Build equitable future everyday, not just on Women’s Day: Swiss envoy
International Women’s Day is both a celebration and a call to action. Switzerland, too, strives to make gender equality an ...
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Building Off the Momentum from INC-5, INC-5.2 to be Held in Geneva, Switzerland August 5-14
March 3, 2025. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced during the  Bureau Meeting that the next round of ...
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Iraq, Switzerland Discuss Efforts to Recover Smuggled Assets
By John Lee. Iraq's Federal Commission of Integrity (COI) has called on United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) ...
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UN plastic treaty talks to resume in August in Geneva
Negotiations on the first-ever global treaty to tackle plastic pollution will resume in August in Switzerland after countries were unable to reach an agreement during talks in South Korea last ...
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UN says children as young as one raped in Sudan
Children as young as one have been raped by armed men during the conflict in Sudan, the UN said on Tuesday, condemning it as ...
UN Sets Date for New Talks on a Global Plastics Treaty
The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a possible breakthrough this summer.