Hong Kong’s Dehumanitarianism – an urgent appeal for international mediation
UPDATED 10 January 2020. See BBC Link on PTSD level in Homg Kong comparable to "conflict zones."
Did you forget somebody’s anniversary this year? Did you forget everybody’s...
Peace building in the time of Coronavirus
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President Emmanuel Macron’s ‘We’re at war’ address to the French nation on Monday...
Coronavirus: Community participation and credible information: the core of any serious response
The last time the world was gripped by fears of a pandemic in late 2014, my wife was not amused when I traveled to Sierra Leone – the epicenter of the Ebola...
COVID-19: Is the Swiss government engaged in false news and not doing its job?
One would expect Switzerland to lead by example not only because it is the host nation of the World Health Organization, the International Red Cross, the pharmaceutical giants, and the United Nations,...
Chronic diseases are the real pandemic: join the healthy food movement
This is how the
clergyman Thomas Malthus saw our inevitable future in the 18th
century when population expands beyond the capacity of the planet to sustain it:
“Epidemics, pestilence and plague advance in terrific array,...
Impact investing and SDGs in the COVID-19 era: maths matters more than opinion
It has become a hoary cliché in many U.N. halls that the Chinese characters for crisis include both disaster and opportunity. Our interpretation of the Chinese may be due to wishful thinking...
The Shame of John Calvin: Will “Black Lives Matter” force Switzerland to finally acknowledge...
Artwork of John Calvin and Bob Dylan by Malcolm Reid, a Scottish-born multi-media artist living in Ascona, Switzerland, who focuses on political and social issues.
Last October,...
Harnessing the power of on-the-spot media to achieve change
Rachel McKee of Oak Foundation in Geneva recounts how Asian journalists are working together to spur essential changes through their reporting from the field. ...
Multilateralism under Siege: Would the World Be Better without the UN?
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The answer to the first question is a qualified “No”, to the latter an unequivocal “Yes.” My book (What’s Wrong with the United Nations and How...
Investing to prevent disaster
MUCH OF MY LONG-TERM CAREER in the United Nations has been focused on disasters, and I was often struck by the seeming randomness of the death and destruction I encountered. In the 2010 Haiti...
Polar Focus: The impact of climate change on the world’s Polar regions can no...
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Listening to Polar...
The #MeToo movement, whistleblowing & leadership failure
Foremost is Nestlé. With final arguments submitted on 28 February 2018, the Vevey-based multinational has found itself accused of neglecting food safety by a former senior executive, Dr Yasmine Motarjemi. Against all odds, Motarjemi, a...
Toilets for all: Expanding – and capitalizing on – waste resources
London is proud of its sewers. In 1848 and 1853 cholera outbreaks killed 25,000 Londoners, and 1858 was described as the “Great Stink.” The disease was poorly understood, but the smell finally provoked action....
Surviving Nuremberg trial lawyer calls for UN whistleblowing reform
A slightly shorter version of this article was first published in the Oct/Nov. 2017 print and e-edition of Global Geneva magazine.
THE UN WAS CREATED IN 1945 not only to maintain global peace and security,...
The right place for the world’s human rights award
This article was first published in the Oct/Nov 2017 print and e-edition of Global Geneva magazine.
An international jury of 10 leading human rights organizations awarded the 2017 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders to Egyptian...
Israel: Fifty years of shrinking democracy
Geneva Hub is open to any member of the Global Geneva Support Community or guest writer at the invitation of the editors. The Right Livelihood Award Foundation, which selected Physicians for Human Rights -...
Trade for Aid But Get Paid
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As you sit drinking your tea or coffee...
Making the SDGs Real
A few years ago I interviewed the Director of one of China’s Special Economic Zones. I asked him what he felt about the new low-carbon production standards that many investors wanted and that had...
