Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- Our Finest Hour
By Javier Solana, President of the Esade Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Project Syndicate – 28 March 2020 - Coalition launched to accelerate research on the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries
DNDi – 2 April 2020
- COVID-19 Infections Hit One Million Mark; Seven-Fold Increase In New Cases For South-East Asia – Europe & USA Remain Epicentres
Health Policy Watch – 2 April 2020
- ICC, WTO heads urge business dialogue to inform response to trade fallout from COVID-19
Joint statement by Roberto Azevêdo, WTO Director General, and John Denton, International Chamber of Commerce Secretary-General
WTO – 2 April 2020 - Stay or go? An international aid worker’s coronavirus dilemma
The New Humanitarian – 2 April 2020
- L'Assemblée générale de l'ONU approuve une résolution appelant à la «coopération»
Le Temps / ATS – 3 avril 2020
- U.N. Security Council ‘Missing In Action’ in Coronavirus Fight
The New York Times – 2 April 2020
- World Economic Forum Steps Up Coordinating Efforts on Corporate COVID Response
WEF – 1 April 2020
- Umberto de Pretto: «Sans coordination, la situation des transporteurs routiers va devenir critique»
Le Temps – 1 avril 2020
- Mark Dybul calls for global task force on COVID-19
With Mark Dybul, former head of PEPFAR and the Global Fund
Devex – 1 April 2020 (video) - Coronavirus in the city: A Q&A on the catastrophe confronting the urban poor
The New Humanitarian – 1 April 2020
- CORONAVIRUS Dans le Sud, le pire est à venir. Quelle solidarité du Nord ?
Débat en ligne, le 2 avril 2020, à 11h30, avec Richard Kozul-Wright (CNUCED), Thomas Gass (DFAE) et Beatrice Ferrari (Etat de Genève)
Club suisse de la presse – 2 avril 2020 - Agency chiefs issue joint call to keep food trade flowing in response to COVID-19
“The heads of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a joint statement on 31 March calling on governments to minimise the impact of COVID-19 related border restrictions on trade in food”
WTO – 31 March 2020
- The rights and health of refugees, migrants and stateless must be protected in COVID-19 response
Joint press release from OHCHR, IOM, UNHCR and WHO
UNHCR – 31 March 2020