#102 The G|O Briefing, June 23, 2022
Fighting for better working conditions for the UN’s outside workforce - WTO: Yes it can!
UN GENEVA
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
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
The H Building Inaugurated Amidst Staff Interrogations
From UNOG’s D-G Tatiana Valovaya, to Swiss FM Ignazio Cassis, to the Geneva authorities, le tout Genève internationale was gathered, despite the rain, for Monday’s (November 1) blue ribbon-cutting ceremony of the brand new UN H building. The building is part of the UN Strategic Heritage Plan, an
Hotdesking on a hot seat
Hotdesking, the flexible and open arrangement of workstations, is planned for the H-building, but this isn’t going down well with some UN staff in Geneva, and a growing body of evidence supports their concerns.
The move to a new site is not the only controversial issue for the UN’
Major tensions between the UN and a Geneva building company
An investigation by the Geneva Observer exposes the details of a dispute between the UN and the Swiss construction giant Implenia.
A poisonous relationship between the UN and Implenia
September 25, 2019: The UN releases its sixth progress report on the Strategic Heritage Plan (SHP) project, the UN renovation project
#16 The G|O Briefing, October 6, 2020
The risks of a virtual UN | A new meaning for diplomatic immunity | Dr.Tedros on several fronts
Mark Henley, the Surveyor of International Geneva
International Geneva radiates from a “Palais” at its core and, through a succession of concentric circles, ends with the most dispossessed and disenfranchised people of the world at its outer limits.