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Last autumn Pamela Coke-Hamilton took over as ITC’s Executive Director. She sat down with UN Today to talk about growing up in Jamaica, her different jobs, how Geneva has and hasn’t changed, and her still-far-off retirement plans Growing up in the small town of...
Sacrée « Woman who makes a difference » par l’International Women Forum, un puissant réseau international féminin Frédérique Bedos ne fait rien de convenu. Fondatrice du « Projet Imagine », elle ambitionne d’activer en chacun le pouvoir de rendre le monde meilleur....
The new H building, with its clean lines and purportedly collaborative open space, was meant to be the crowning glory of the almost-$1 billion Strategic Heritage Plan. Instead, it is struggling to attract users amidst lower rents outside, fears of spreading Covid-19...
The new H building features open space. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, many studies were published putting into question the future of open space. How is this impacting the initial plans that have been foreseen for the H building? Open office space means a lot of...
Last month, a report from a management task force on the future of work at the UN caused considerable consternation among staff with a proposal for new, agile staff contracts. We asked two of those responsible for the report for their views on the future of work both...
This article contains some brief observations, based mainly on recent formal and informal meetings that I serviced and/or attended at the Palais des Nations, as well as on discussions with colleagues and delegates on their experience with ’online diplomacy‘ in the...
Teamwork is turning it into a success, but what do interpreters make of Remote Simultaneous Interpretation (RSI)? Before the pandemic, interpreters’ experience of RSI was sporadic and invariably negative. It was often sprung on them unannounced and involved sound...
Leadership Starts at Home The world desperately needs UN leadership to combat systemic racism. That cannot happen without tackling the systemic racism within the organization. Systemic racism normalized inside institutions normalizes inequality and violence This...
Back in June, Antonio Guterres told a staff townhall that “if racism exists anywhere, it also exists in the UN.” But how racist is the UN? And in an international organization, with staff from all quarters, what is racism? Let’s start back in 1945. The UN was founded...
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Depuis plusieurs années, le monde traverse une période de profonds changements sociaux et technologiques qui se traduisent par l’émergence de nouvelles dynamiques sur la scène diplomatique genevoise et de nouveaux défis et opportunités pour la Genève internationale et...
Celebrating UN75 amidst monumental challenges In October, the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations will reach their peak. A fitting moment to look back on the past months and reflect on what lies ahead.The multilateral system is being challenged...
Avant de céder la présidence du gouvernement genevois, Antonio Hodgers a accepté de répondre aux questions d'UN Today à l'occasion des 75 ans de l'ONU, un événement très important pour le canton de Genève. Synthèse Du statut de réfugié à l'engagement politique...
Welcome message Moving to a new duty station often comes with a mixture of feelings. Before arriving to your 'new home', the joy of excitement, adventure and the non-familiar as well as worries regarding different local realities and traditions can keep us busy with...
Finding the right place to live, at the right price, in the right location, is always one of the biggest challenges when moving to a new city. Geneva is no different. It is never too early to look for an accommodation, particularly regarding Geneva. The main tasks of...
En Suisse romande, la demande pour les logements en PPE est importante, soutenue par le faible niveau des taux hypothécaires. Quant à l’offre, elle s’est affaiblie, en lien avec une production de logements très orientée sur le marché locatif. Cette situation a généré,...
La villa fait toujours autant rêver les futurs propriétaires, à en croire une étude publiée en octobre dernier par Swiss Life. Parmi les familles actuellement en location, près de trois quarts envisagent d’acquérir un logement dans les dix prochaines années, 60 %...
Le bilan du marché immobilier en 2019 présageait des conditions optimales pour 2020 sur la région annécienne. Après un arrêt brutal, le déconfinement a dopé l’activité. Pour combien de temps ? En 2019, le marché immobilier du Grand Annecy suivait son rythme de...
Tout comme le Grand Annecy, le bassin genevois français a vu son activité immobilière reprendre de plus belle à l’heure du déconfinement.Porté par la vitalité de l’économie haut-savoyarde et, dans le sillage du Grand Annecy, le marché immobilier du bassin genevois...
From surviving to thriving For months, the soul of Geneva was hardly recognisable. The pandemic changed the character of cities – and with it our definition of normal. But how are cities bouncing back and shaping a ‘better normal’? Geneva, the multilateral centre,...
