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UKRAINE WAR

A tense World Health Assembly as Ukraine and the West plan to further sanction Russia

Since the start of Russia’s war, the WHO has recorded over 177 attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine, with 73 deaths. It should come as no surprise that with such dramatic figures, the Russian army’s behavior in Ukraine will rank high on the agenda of the World Health

Michael J. Barnett, on global governance in an age of change

“International organizations are not going to be able to move great powers where they do not want to go, and they are likely to be in survival mode.”

#96 The G|O Briefing, May 5, 2022

With the war, is international cooperation still possible? An interview with Michael Barnett - And expect tensions at the next WHA meeting

What Nato's Northern Expansion Means

What Nato's Northern Expansion Means

Carl Bildt | Putin’s invasion came as a profound shock to European governments. Most European leaders had played down US warnings about an imminent attack, reasoning that although Putin can be unpredictable, he was unlikely to do anything so irrational.

At the World Trade Organization, a war–both inside and out

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 625-person-strong secretariat is the brain of the organization. It has no decision-making powers, its main duties being to supply impartial technical and professional support to WTO members. Reforming it was never going to be an easy task, but immediately after her nomination in March

#95 The G|O Briefing, April 28, 2022

G|O investigation: students denounce worthless diplomas from some of Geneva's private "universities" — WTO Secretariat reform still contentious

The war in Ukraine contaminates the work at the WTO

The war in Ukraine continues to disrupt the work of an already deadlocked World Trade Organisation (WTO). Across different committees, negotiations, and working groups, the mutual accusations between Kiev and Moscow are overshadowing all other issues. A case in point was the March 24–25 meeting of the Committee on

#94 The G|O Briefing, April 21, 2022

China ratifies conventions against forced labor – The war continues to disrupt the WTO’s deliberations

The UN and the war: New York is paralyzed; Geneva is overwhelmed

On February 24, faced with the threat of an imminent attack on Ukraine, the Security Council convened an emergency meeting, hoping to stop Russia from starting a war in Europe. But as speeches were being made, the first Russian bombs were dropped on Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin warned that any

#93 The G|O Briefing, April 7, 2022

The UN: paralyzed in New York, overwhelmed in Geneva — The G|O: live on Zoom tomorrow

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