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The Earth Prize 2024 Finalists Focus on UN SDGs 6, 12 and 15
Geneva-based The Earth Foundation has announced the 10 Finalist submissions from its The Earth Prize 2024 competition. This cohort comprises high school teams from Canada, Egypt, New Zealand, United States, Turkey, United Kingdom and Vietnam, selected from entries by...
For the love of climbing
You’ve probably seen at least one of them while on the move in the city; a large space filled with brightly-colored plastic, thick mats and (in the evenings at least) big crowds. Climbing gyms have multiplied recently in New York and I am one of their many addicts. I...
Balancing ambition and realism
It is the kind of February sky that you would expect in Geneva – a canopy of coy cotton hanging slightly overhead, sprinkled with morning chirrups as the good old Grand-Saconnex neighborhood timidly awakens. We are simultaneously a five-minute drive from the venerable...
Editorial – April 2024
Article 101.3 of the UN Charter of 1945 states that “the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.”...
Exploring realities at Visions du Réel. Nyon is ready, are you?
Since its creation in 1969, Visions du Réel festival has established itself as one of the world’s most renowned events in the field. It is considered by the Federal Office of Culture as one of the leading Swiss film festivals, alongside Locarno Film Festival. During...
Let’s celebrate Spanish Language Day
Miguel de Cervantes is thought to have died in 1616 on 23 April, which is supposedly when William Shakespeare also died which explains why English Language Day is also celebrated on this day. The Association of Spanish International Civil Servants (AFIE) is an...
On a glissé des droits de l’enfant au droit à l’enfant à tout prix
Congélation des ovules, greffe d’utérus, clonage, gestation pour autrui, insémination post mortem, la médecine de la reproduction semble ne plus connaître de limites. Dans son livre La Tyrannie de la reproduction, René Frydman, pionnier de la Fécondation In Vitro...
Expect the unexpected
What inspired you to become an author after such successful military and UN careers? My first four years of UN civil service were intense, beginning in late 1999. I served initially as the Chief Security Officer for UNAMSIL, the peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone in...
A pathway for the future: the British curriculum
In a city as international as Geneva, it is no surprise that parents are faced with many choices in terms of schooling, and it can be somewhat bewildering to decide which school will be the best fit for their children. We can consider ourselves fortunate in being...
Just keep swimming!
I joined the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as a consultant after completing my Masters degree at the Geneva Graduate Institute last summer and the first few weeks felt straight out of a dream. The wonderful campus with Lac Leman and the...
