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💡The funding crisis has shaken Geneva’s international community. While deeply unsettling, it also presents a rare opportunity to harness the AI era to its advantage – and avoid slipping into obsolescence, writes DiploFoundation’s Jovan Kurbalija. genevasolutions.news/science-tech/a…

📣Baku and other autocratic governments are taking note of Trump’s disdain for international organisations, to the cost of civil society, critics, prisoners of war and refugees. Paula Dupraz-Dobias speaks to Marie Struthers Amnesty Eastern Europe & Central Asia and @eminhuseynov ow.ly/4fsc50VA5G7

🛰️Despite encouraging the US to abandon the UN on X last month, Elon Musk seems to be very much plugged in to multilateralism – at least in outer space, with his company SpaceX deeply tethered to the UN’s tech agency ITU, writes Maurizio Arseni genevasolutions.news/science-tech/i…

Nations clinch pandemic treaty in sign that ‘multilateralism is alive and well’ | via Geneva Solutions genevasolutions.news/global-health/…

🚢Countries hit by Trump's impending “reciprocal” tariffs face a dilemma – between succumbing to bilateral deals or standing firm and saving the multilateral trading system, economists tell Kasmira Jefford | ow.ly/k2oV50VGc3K

As the United States reviews its financial support to all international organisations, its assessed contributions to the world body could also soon become a target, writes Kasmira Jefford via genevasolutions.news/global-news/wi…

"What has thrown everyone off balance is how cuts have hit not only parts of the UN that the US traditionally dislikes, but parts of the UN that Washington has historically been favorable to." I talk Geneva Solutions with Eugene Chen @telegramwriter.bsky.social & louis charbonneau. genevasolutions.news/global-news/wi…

🇺🇳United Nations Geneva has been told to consider relocating jobs to lower-cost stations as part of a major cost-cutting drive from United Nations in New York. The revelation comes as UN staff unions prepare to protest layoffs today at Place des Nations. ✍️ @stephanebussard genevasolutions.news/global-news/un…


In a rare public display of frustration over budget cuts and layoffs, hundreds of UN staffers took to the Place des Nations in Geneva today. Here’s what they had to say.👇 | via Geneva Solutions genevasolutions.news/global-news/we…


⚱️Wherever human history has taken shape, war and disaster have posed a grave threat to culture. ALIPH Foundation's valery freland stresses the urgency to protect it in this interview with Le Temps ahead of their Geneva conference this Tuesday and Wednesday. genevasolutions.news/peace-humanita…



China–US talks began this morning at the Swiss ambassador’s residence on the hills of Cologny in a bid to de-escalate the trade war. But an expert warns that failure could trigger an economic split. Our reporting with Paula Dupraz-Dobias Stéphane Bussard genevasolutions.news/sustainable-bu…


An ideological battle is afoot to purge the United Nations of its progressive language and policies on gender, diversity and climate change. The United States is leading it, though with limited success, reports Michelle Langrand 👉genevasolutions.news/human-rights/u…

USAID cuts have also hit a part of the humanitarian sector that works behind the scenes to inform aid groups on how to most effectively and efficiently deploy aid, Luca Pupulin IMPACT Initiatives Stuart Campo IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 tell me for @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/peace-humanita…


With budgets slashed, debates shortened and scrutiny stymied, the UN Human Rights Council opens its summer session in Geneva in survival mode. #HRC59 | via @genevasolutions genevasolutions.news/human-rights/l…