For nearly two years, restaurants, hotels, and other parts of the local economy have grappled with the effects of international Geneva job and budget cuts, particularly around the Nations quarter. Two publicly backed studies are now seeking to quantify t… l.genevasolutions.news/iV

As Russian missile and drone strikes intensify, Ukrainian relief organisations in Geneva last week for aid talks say funding cuts have hindered commitments within the aid sector to empower local actors. ➡️ l.genevasolutions.news/h1

With tens of thousands of people killed and millions forcibly displaced in Sudan’s protracted civil war, can renewed talks in Geneva between the UN and regional and international actors to coordinate mediation efforts bring the country closer to peace? l.genevasolutions.news/Pl

OPINION At UN talks in Vienna this week, Brazil is pushing for a new protocol to clamp down on widespread environmental crimes, including from illegal mining, that EU states would be wise to back, write Juliane Kippenberg, senior children’s rights advise… l.genevasolutions.news/u4

OPINION States meeting in Geneva next month will decide whether to begin formal negotiations to regulate lethal autonomous weapons. But without agreement on what meaningful human control requires in practice, a future treaty risks enshrining a principle… l.genevasolutions.news/2m

As the scramble for critical minerals gathers pace, experts warn against repeating past mistakes, when extraction left countries and communities without the development gains they might otherwise have expected. l.genevasolutions.news/ot

As thousands of finance leaders gather in Thailand for IMF and World Bank meetings, the Egyptian economist warns that tackling today’s biggest development challenges will require looking beyond the existing international financial system to more localise… l.genevasolutions.news/pS

In his first address to the UN Refugee Agency’s executive committee since taking the helm as high commissioner in January, Barham Salih warned there were limits to how far the organisation could cut its operations before having far-reaching consequences… l.genevasolutions.news/v5

The Cop31 climate conference is just a month away. Yet, surprisingly, after a year of intensifying disasters and a historic legal precedent, the drumroll ahead of the session in Antalya has been fainter, with climate action coming from beyond the UN clim… l.genevasolutions.news/r0

UN staff representatives say visa refusals are rising as contracts become shorter and less secure. But French immigration lawyers point instead to tougher migration controls and a visa system that is poorly adapted to non-EU workers and their families. ➡️ l.genevasolutions.news/ff