Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- New Permanent Representative of Norway presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Geneva – 3 September 2020
- New Permanent Representative of Latvia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Geneva – 3 September 2020
- New Permanent Representative of Oman presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Geneva – 3 September 2020
- What’s on this week?
WSIS Forum 2020 Final Week; #YouNeedToKnow: Exposition sur les ODD at Place des Nations; Virtual Climate Summit | Climate:Red, by IFRC; Human Rights Council Elections 2020: discussions of candidate States’ visions for membership, by ISHR; Webinar: Balancing risk appetite and risk tolerance in humanitarian operations by PHAP; Virtual Launch: WHO Report on Global Trans Fat Elimination 2020;
And more! Check out the calendar
- New Permanent Representative of Cameroon presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Geneva – 1 September 2020
- New Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Geneva – 2 September 2020
- New Permanent Representative of Sweden presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Geneva – 1 September 2020
- New Permanent Representative of Switzerland presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Geneva – 1 September 2020
- Biopharma industry updates on COVID-19 treatments progress and warns about upholding regulatory standards of quality
IFPMA – 3 September 2020
- Le Portail de la science rapprochera le CERN des gens
"La phase de construction du projet devrait démarrer dans le courant de l'année, une étape cruciale vers l'emblème de la communication scientifique dont rêve le CERN"
CERN – 2 septembre 2020
- Digital Watch newsletter - Issue 52 - July and August 2020
Geneva Internet Platform – 3 September 2020
- GII 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic’s Expected Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
WIPO – 2 September 2020
- COVID-19: ‘Game-changer for international peace and security’ – UN chief
UN News – 2 September 2020
- UNHCR Report: Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education – half of the world’s refugee children out of school
UNHCR – 3 September 2020
- Unwrapping The Biological Secrets Behind Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Technology
Interview of Tal Zaks, chief medical officer, Moderna Therapeutics
Geneva Solutions – 3 September 2020 - Opinion: PPE to body bags — meeting the needs of humanitarian workers on the frontlines
By Hossam Elsharkawi, regional director, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Middle East & North Africa
Devex – 2 September 2020 - Déjeuner en l'honneur de M. Ivan Pictet, président de la Fondation pour Genève
République et canton de Genève – 2 septembre 2020