GenevaLunch » US Mission Geneva http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +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 US and Wipo put money behind push to fight counterfeits (correction)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/us-and-wipo-put-money-behind-push-to-fight-counterfeits-correction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/us-and-wipo-put-money-behind-push-to-fight-counterfeits-correction/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:00:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57029 GenevaLunch.com Correction  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The US has granted Wipo, the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, $50,000 for a six-month programme in Kenya, Morocco and the Philippines to help local authorities raise awareness about the risk of counterfeit products.  The programme, to be administered by Wipo, which is matching the grant, will involve a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/us-and-wipo-put-money-behind-push-to-fight-counterfeits-correction/feed/ 0 US Mission in Geneva under investigation for spying (update 2)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/17/us-mission-in-geneva-under-investigation-for-spying/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/17/us-mission-in-geneva-under-investigation-for-spying/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:28:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52458 GenevaLunch.com Update 2, 1945  Geneva and Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The US Mission in Geneva is under investigation by the Swiss Justice and Police Department (FDJP) and the Swiss Foreign Affairs Department for spying, despite being refused permission by Bern in 2007 to do so. Headlines around the world, based on one AFP story, say Swiss [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/17/us-mission-in-geneva-under-investigation-for-spying/feed/ 0 US diplomatic team in Geneva takes shapehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/04/us-diplomatic-team-in-geneva-takes-shape/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/04/us-diplomatic-team-in-geneva-takes-shape/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:16:57 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=38238 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The US Senate has approved two more nominations by President Barack Obama for ambassador posts in Geneva: Laura Kennedy as Ambassador and Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, and of Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe as the United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, with the rank of Ambassador. Betty E [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/03/04/us-diplomatic-team-in-geneva-takes-shape/feed/ 2 Women human rights leaders meet in Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/09/women-human-rights-leaders-meet-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/09/women-human-rights-leaders-meet-in-geneva/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:31:30 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=33426 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Women human rights leaders are meeting in Geneva 8-10 December for the first Courage to Lead summit. The meeting brings together emerging women leaders and those with experience in human rights advocacy around the world. The US Mission to the UN says the meeting is designed to encourage exchanges, mentoring and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/09/women-human-rights-leaders-meet-in-geneva/feed/ 0 Quilts warm up the Global Fund in Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/16/quilts-warm-up-the-global-fund-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/16/quilts-warm-up-the-global-fund-in-geneva/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:36:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31586 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A warming exhibit, in every sense, has opened at the UN Palais building in Geneva, with a  display of American quilts made specially to promote the work of Geneva-based Global Fund for Malaria, Aids and Tuberculosis. The show, “Making a healthier world for our children”, is organized by Geneva’s US Mission [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/16/quilts-warm-up-the-global-fund-in-geneva/feed/ 2 The American greening of Geneva: switch flipped for magnetic levitation coolinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/23/the-american-greening-of-geneva-switch-flipped-for-magnetic-levitation-cooling/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/23/the-american-greening-of-geneva-switch-flipped-for-magnetic-levitation-cooling/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:18:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=15788 GenevaLunch.com Updated 16:30  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Wednesday was the 39th annual Earth Day in the US, which explains much of the flurry of talks, blogs and activities designed to get us thinking along greener, cleaner lines. The Huffington Post carried blogs by filmmaker Robert Redford on taking a stand, and author Michael Pollen, who praises [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/23/the-american-greening-of-geneva-switch-flipped-for-magnetic-levitation-cooling/feed/ 2 Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, to visit Geneva 6 Marchhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/27/hillary-clinton-us-secretary-of-state-to-visit-geneva-6-march/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/27/hillary-clinton-us-secretary-of-state-to-visit-geneva-6-march/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:16:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=12894 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in Geneva at the end of next week, part of a seven-day swing through Israel, Egypt, the Palestinian Territories, Belgium, Switzerland, and Turkey 1-7 March 2009. In Geneva, she will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to “discuss a number of issues [...]

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