GenevaLunch » US Mission in Geneva http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no US, North Korea meet in Geneva, narrow differences on what needs to be done http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/us-north-korea-meet-in-geneva-narrow-differences-on-what-needs-to-be-done-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/us-north-korea-meet-in-geneva-narrow-differences-on-what-needs-to-be-done-2/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:56:33 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62853 GenevaLunch.com Updated: 17:32 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The second bilateral encounter between North Korea and the United States of America on de-nuclearization concluded on a somehow “positive” note. It was “generally constructive” said outgoing US Ambassador Stephen Bosworth who responded that both governments had “narrowed differences in terms of what has to be done before [they] can [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/us-north-korea-meet-in-geneva-narrow-differences-on-what-needs-to-be-done-2/feed/ 1 New US trade man calls on India, China, Brazil to take leading roles http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/10/new-us-trade-man-calls-on-india-china-brazil-to-take-leading-roles/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/10/new-us-trade-man-calls-on-india-china-brazil-to-take-leading-roles/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 12:10:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=41697 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - “We’re not negotiating with a gun to anyone’s head – that’s not the way the WTO works,” says Michael Punke, the new US ambassador to the World Trade Organization. “What we’re hoping is they will step up and take up their leadership role,” he says, referring to India, China and Brazil. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/10/new-us-trade-man-calls-on-india-china-brazil-to-take-leading-roles/feed/ 0 Luncheon, US Ambassador to the UN http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/23/luncheon-us-ambassador-to-the-un/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/23/luncheon-us-ambassador-to-the-un/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:30:21 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=39625 GenevaLunch.com Title: Luncheon, US Ambassador to the UN Location: Geneva Link out: Click here Description: Sponsored by the American International Women’s Club of Geneva with Ambassador Betty KING, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. Date: 2010-05-07

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/04/punke-nominated-as-us-ambassador-to-wto/feed/ 3 Question mark hangs over name of new US “ambassador” in Geneva http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/30/question-mark-hangs-over-name-of-new-us-representative-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/30/question-mark-hangs-over-name-of-new-us-representative-in-geneva/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:31:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=22297 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - An empty desk in Geneva is receiving more than normal attention: that of the US ambassador, whose unwieldy title is US Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations. The post has been empty since January 2009 when Warren Tichenor left. Tichenor, a Texan and George W Bush appointment, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/30/question-mark-hangs-over-name-of-new-us-representative-in-geneva/feed/ 5 Obama’s Africa speech puts continent in spotlight http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/13/obamas-africa-speech-puts-continent-in-spotlight/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/13/obamas-africa-speech-puts-continent-in-spotlight/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:14:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=21894 GenevaLunch.com [includes AllAfrica video, world media coverage] Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Africa is back on the world media map for more than poverty and wars: US President Barack Obama’s speech Saturday 11 July in Accra, Ghana, sparked widespread interest,  nowhere more than in Africa itself. Obama praised Ghana for its tradition of democracy and called on [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/13/obamas-africa-speech-puts-continent-in-spotlight/feed/ 3 Geneva Forum on Social Change makes debut with films, dialogue http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/06/geneva-forum-on-social-change-makes-debut-with-films-dialogue/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/06/geneva-forum-on-social-change-makes-debut-with-films-dialogue/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:27:51 +0000 Jared Bloch http://genevalunch.com/?p=19305 GenevaLunch.com The University of Geneva, together with five co-sponsors, kicked off the inaugural programme of the Geneva Forum on Social Change (GFSC) Friday 5 June. Keynote speakers include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Prize Laureate and Honorary Doctor 2009 of the University of Geneva, World YWCA General Secretary Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, and Speak-it.org Director, Nick Francis. The Forum combines [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/06/geneva-forum-on-social-change-makes-debut-with-films-dialogue/feed/ 4 Obama’s transition: keeping up to date on the details http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/01/30/obamas-transition-keeping-up-to-date-on-the-details/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/01/30/obamas-transition-keeping-up-to-date-on-the-details/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:21:35 +0000 Marie Joséphine Guillet http://genevalunch.com/?p=11434 GenevaLunch.com The US Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is keeping step with the rapid pace of change at the White House, publishing a daily “Transition” newsletter that is one of the best ways to track what is going on, who is saying what in the US government. Contact the Mission to subscribe.

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