GenevaLunch » International organizations

Global Fund celebrates 10 yrs with Gates gift of $700 million

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:58:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Global Fund, which disburses monies from other organizations to fight Aids, malaria and tuberculosis, is celebrating its 10th birthday this week with a special gift: the Bill Gates Foundation, which gave $650 million during the Fund’s first decade, has just announced it is giving an additional $750m. The news, announced by [...]

Global Fund celebrates 10 yrs with Gates gift of $700 million © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

Leap second, in leap year, gets three years of grace

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Social and legal problems could be future snag for “continuous time” GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the most pressing questions in Geneva in the past week, to read world media, has been that of the death sentence or its commute for the leap second, which has been used since 1972. Officials from 150 countries, meeting [...]

Leap second, in leap year, gets three years of grace © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

Yemen told by UN not to pass amnesty law to protect “gross violations”

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:35:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay 6 January told Yemen’s lawmakers that they must not go ahead with a proposed amnesty law that would protect those who commit war crimes. Her office has recently sent a team to Yemen to study the situation there and prepare a report on the country, where [...]

Yemen told by UN not to pass amnesty law to protect “gross violations” © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

Geneva traffic could be snarled by expected Occupy protests at the WTO

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:43:06 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – International organization employees are being alerted that traffic could be a problem in the area around the United Nations Palais and the World Trade Organization Thursday to Saturday, when the WTO holds a Ministerial meeting at the CICG, the Geneva conference centre. The area around the centre will be cordoned off and [...]

Geneva traffic could be snarled by expected Occupy protests at the WTO © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

Malaria cases down 25% but funding shortfall threats could slow progress

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Malaria cases worldwide fell by 25 percent in the past decade and by 33 percent worldwide thanks to better prevention but threatened shortfalls in funding from governments could slow the fight against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. Its World malaria report 2011, published 13 December, shows malaria rates falling [...]

Malaria cases down 25% but funding shortfall threats could slow progress © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

Refugees die as several sea crossings attempted

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:14:06 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four bodies were found and other people are known to have drowned, says the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Geneva, after the Moroccan Royal Navy guard rescued 53 people from a boat that sank off the coast near Dar Kabdani. The vessel was carrying more than 60 people and included several pregnant [...]

Refugees die as several sea crossings attempted © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

Clinton brings gays out of the human rights closet (update)

Marie Joséphine Guillet — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:43:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 06:00, transcript available GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have surprised more than one person in her audience at the United Nations Palais in Geneva Tuesday evening when her speech on human rights focused, not on the hot topic of Syria, but on a group whose rights rarely get this [...]

Hillary Clinton visit will raise US political profile in int’l Geneva (update)

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:36:00 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Clinton plans to meet with Syrian opposition representatives in Geneva GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, is about to come to town, but not just for a conference and a chat with the press: her Tuesday-Wednesday stopover includes major appearances at three Geneva international organization events. The US State department has [...]

Hillary Clinton visit will raise US political profile in int’l Geneva (update) © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

Demining funds maintained despite world economic woes

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:55:42 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Efforts to get rid of landmines are making good progress in many countries and funding is being maintained despite government budget constraints, a key meeting in Cambodia that closed 2 December shows. But work remains, with 4,000 new victims of landmines each year: six people died in Pursat Province, Cambodia, which hosted [...]

Demining funds maintained despite world economic woes © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.

World Aids Day focuses on “Getting to Zero” by 2015

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:20:39 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Landmarks get red lights as Aids Day Global prevention, treatment and funding at a turning point GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Red lights are shining today on several world landmarks, including the Empire State Building and Stock Exchange in New York and the Sydney Opera House in Australia, to mark World Aids Day. The day has been [...]

World Aids Day focuses on “Getting to Zero” by 2015 © genevalunch.com, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.