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In the framework of the series of discussions "Connect with the GENvironment, Friday conversations with an environmental expert," the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) invites you on 14 May to meet Alice Tipping, Lead, Fisheries Subsidies at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Photographer Nanna Heitmann immortalized those fish caught by ice fishermen in 2019.

On 11 May 2021, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Central Tracing Agency (CTA), the ICRC and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) organize the high-level online discussion "Transforming the global response for missing persons" with the participation of Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councilor, and head of the FDFA and Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC. This moving scene of a reunited family took place in July 2016 in the Makamba province, Burundi.

From 12 to 15 April 2021, the "Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment" will convene global players with a multi-sectoral approach to enhance fair, ethical, and responsible recruitment of migrant workers. Patrick Zachmann pictured this scene above at "La Cravate Solidaire," an association that trains jobseekers before recruiting interviews. Here an advisor teaches how to tie a tie. 

For the release of the French version of its very first report "Playing with Lives: Cyberattacks on Healthcare are Attacks on People", the CyberPeace Institute organizes a virtual seminar on 30 March 2021. This image of doctors and nurses treating a suspected COVID-19 patient, was taken by Magnum photographer Lorenzo Meloni at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy on 23 March 2020.

On 22 March 2021, World Water Day, the Geneva Cities Hub and UN-Habitat organize, in collaboration with the Geneva Water Hub, the online debate "Water & Sanitation in the City: Good & Bad experiences, what are the lessons?" This high-level discussion is a first of a series entitled "Geneva Urban Debates". In 2017, Magnum photographer Alex Webb pictured this scene of swimmers in the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China.

On 10 February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and, World Health Organization (WHO) present a webinar on International instruments on the use of antimicrobials across the human, animal, and plant sectors. In 2017, the photojournalist Patrick Zachmann reported the work and lives of the Cambimba Village's farmers, Morroa, Colombia, supported by the FAO.

On 3 February 2021, the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) organizes the High-Level Briefing on the 5th Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. The artist Ilkka Halso places nature and its protection at the center of his concerns. Here, an injured tree is admitted to intensive care.

On 20 November 2020, the Young Activists Summit (#YAS20) will shine a spotlight on seven young activists who are advancing climate action, biodiversity, human rights, sustainable and ethical fashion issues.