The United Nations (UN) said Thursday it was allocating US$110 million from its emergency fund for life-saving assistance in ...

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 ...

Bern, 06.03.2025 - The Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions on the implementation of the Fourth Convention (prot ...

International Women’s Day is both a celebration and a call to action. Switzerland, too, strives to make gender equality an ...

At the U.N. meeting, set to take place in Geneva from March 17-18, Greek and Turkish Cypriots will be joined by Turkey, ...

The cooling weather phenomenon La Nina that emerged late last year is weak and likely to be brief, the UN said Thursday, ...

The Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, which was scheduled to be held on Friday in Geneva, has ...

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 ...

Visions du Réel industry program unveiled: record female participation, support for filmmakers from Global South and for new ...

Here’s a look at the life of the late Moammar Gadhafi, leader of Libya from 1969 to 2011. Personal:Birth date: June 7, 1942 Death date: October 20, 2011 Birth place: Sirte, Libya Father: Mohamed ...

Event due to start on Friday would have brought together representatives from 196 signatories of Geneva Conventions to ...

International Women’s Day is back. It’s a day to celebrate the global accomplishments of women, and note the changes that ...