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Would open-space and COVID-19 agree to live together in 2021?

As part of the renovation of the Palais des Nations, staff at UNOG are due to move to the new H building which features open space and hot-desking, during the first quarter of 2021

By Julián Ginzo | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 1 February 2021

La fin de la pandémie et la reprise du travail au Palais des Nations laisseront-elles voir la lumière au bout du tunnel ?

La délocalisation annoncée d’OCHA tombera comme un couperet en 2021

By Isabel Garcia-Gill | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 1 February 2021

Michel Chikwanine aujourd’hui au Canada. © Ryan Bolton

De la guerre à l’engagement pour les droits de l’homme, histoire d’un enfant soldat

By Muriel Scibilia | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 1 February 2021

Ms Adversity, let’s go for a walk

In line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (#3, #9, #10), and in the month of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we talked to Christopher Hutchison - a great ambassador for the three objectives

By Julián Ginzo | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 9 December 2020

Julian Braithwaite, the UK’s permanent representative. © UK Mission Geneva

On Her Majesty’s Service

Julian Braithwaite, The UK’s Permanent Representative Talks About Dealing With Brexit, Online Meetings, UN Funding, Explaining His Work To An Audience Back Home And Cocktail Parties

By Ian Richards | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 7 December 2020

The Mont Blanc shadow at dawn © Andrea Cararo

I grew up with the mountains. International Mountain Day matters to me

This year International Mountain Day celebrates biodiversity. As a mountaineer and environmental expert, Andrea Cararo tells UN Today why this day matters to him and why it should to all of us

By Andrea Cararo | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 7 December 2020

Michelle Bachelet speaking at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, February 24, 2020. © UN Photo/Pierre Albouy

Michelle Bachelet on her motivations, achievements and human rights during Covid

On 10 December, the world celebrates Human Rights Day. We have asked Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to share her views and insights

By Prisca Chaoui | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 7 December 2020

Geneva’s public transportation in a pandemic world

Interview with Anne Hornung-Soukup, Chair of the Board, TPG (transports publics genevois)

By Sarah Bencherif | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 7 December 2020

Des infrastructures comme Palexpo rencontrent de grosses difficultés. Ici le salon des Automnales en 2019, a été annulé cette année à cause de la crise du Covid-19. © Automnales-Pierre Albouy

La Suisse romande à l’épreuve de la COVID-19

By Muriel Scibilia | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 7 December 2020