GenevaLunch » International organizations http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:22:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Switzerland takes top slot for innovation, out of 125 economieshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/switzerland-takes-top-slot-for-innovation-out-of-125-economies/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/switzerland-takes-top-slot-for-innovation-out-of-125-economies/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:08:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59347 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland moved up three places from its 2010 position to take the top spot in the Global Innovation Index (GII), followed by Sweden and Singapore. The index is designed to encourage public-private dialogue on innovation as a key driver for economic growth. Switzerland was in 7th place in 2009. Its first place [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/30/switzerland-takes-top-slot-for-innovation-out-of-125-economies/feed/ 2 Homosexual marriages ok’d in New Yorkhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/homosexual-marriages-okd-in-new-york/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/homosexual-marriages-okd-in-new-york/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:58:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59231 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Homosexual marriages were made legal in New York Friday 24 June, sparking citywide celebrations. The move comes just days after the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva approved a South African resolution covering homosexual rights that was strongly supported by the US. US Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe said in Geneva 17 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/27/homosexual-marriages-okd-in-new-york/feed/ 0 World anti-tobacco noise drowned out by cell phoneshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/world-anti-tobacco-noise-drowned-out-by-cell-phones/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/world-anti-tobacco-noise-drowned-out-by-cell-phones/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:34:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58386 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – To say Monday 31 May was a day that went up in smoke for the The World Health Organization (WHO) would be an exaggeration, but media attention for its annual “world no tobacco day” appeared to take second place to cells phones and cancer. Global media instead reacted with an instant buzz [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/world-anti-tobacco-noise-drowned-out-by-cell-phones/feed/ 0 New standards to measure how pure your instant coffee ishttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/new-standards-to-measure-how-pure-your-instant-coffee-is/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/new-standards-to-measure-how-pure-your-instant-coffee-is/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:00:53 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=56755 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has developed a new standard to certify “the purity and quality of soluble coffee powder” and a tool to “detect possible adulterations” in soluble/instant coffee. It seems that sipping your favorite instant cuppa Joe labeled “100% pure soluble coffee” might leave a bitter taste [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/new-standards-to-measure-how-pure-your-instant-coffee-is/feed/ 0 Geneva-based Global Fund granted US$1 Billion by the UShttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/19/geneva-based-global-fund-granted-us1-billion-by-the-us/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/19/geneva-based-global-fund-granted-us1-billion-by-the-us/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:59:11 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=56744 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Geneva-based Global Fund’s grants for programmes that fight tuberculosis, malaria and HIV-Aids have gotten a US$1 billion boost for the 2011 fiscal year. The announcement was made on 18 April by the Vernier based headquarters. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, said he was “grateful” to President Barack Obama and to the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/19/geneva-based-global-fund-granted-us1-billion-by-the-us/feed/ 0 World food prices reach historic highhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/world-food-prices-reach-historic-high/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/world-food-prices-reach-historic-high/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:49:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53433 GenevaLunch.com The UN’s world-food price index rose to 231 in January, a 3.4 percent increase over December and a record highest level since the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began tracking prices. This is the seventh consecutive monthly record-breaking rise, showing a continuing trend that is particularly worrisome for poorer countries that must import much of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/world-food-prices-reach-historic-high/feed/ 0 WEF draws gloomy world risks picturehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/13/wef-draws-gloomy-world-risks-picture/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/13/wef-draws-gloomy-world-risks-picture/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:13:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52310 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The conclusion is dry and to the point: “The frequency and severity of risks to global stability have amplified, while the ability of global governance systems to deal with them has not.” The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risk 2011 was published 12 January, in time to give world economic and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/13/wef-draws-gloomy-world-risks-picture/feed/ 0 UN in Geneva grapples with Frenchhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/12/un-in-geneva-grapples-with-french/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/12/un-in-geneva-grapples-with-french/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:56:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52113 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The United Nations in Geneva has two administrative working languages, English and French, but French, the language of the host city, is increasingly overlooked, says a group of French-speaking journalists, one of whom was named 10 January as observer to the UN and international organizations. Documents that should be available in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/12/un-in-geneva-grapples-with-french/feed/ 0 Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue names new presidenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/06/centre-for-humanitarian-dialogue-names-new-president/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/06/centre-for-humanitarian-dialogue-names-new-president/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:10:49 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=51952 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A former high-ranking UN official has been named President of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD), an international mediation organization which in 2010 was the victim of a CHF3.8 million fraud. Jean-Marie Guehenno, 61, a French national who was the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN for eight years, will [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/06/centre-for-humanitarian-dialogue-names-new-president/feed/ 0 World given rare chance to hear Eritrean musichttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/28/world-given-rare-chance-to-hear-eritrean-music/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/28/world-given-rare-chance-to-hear-eritrean-music/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:20:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=51635 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Eritrea’s new album, “Eritrea’s Got Soul”, is one of the world’s best holiday gifts, for the power of the unlikely recordings to tell a story from a small African nation. Three international albums in 50 years for a population of five million people with nine languages who have their own musical [...]

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