L'oeil de la Genève Internationale

Every week, discover a theme of International Geneva’s current events linked to an image of a renowned photographer.

 

2021

On 30 and 31 August 2021, The Global Governance Centre at the Graduate Institute Geneva and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) invite you to be part of an ambitious multi-sectorial online conference on the "Global Governance of Plastic Pollution: Transforming the Global Plastics Economy." Here, the interrupted race of a multitude of plastic bags on the outskirts of the Tunisian city of Gafsa, photographed by Moises Saman in 2013.

30 August 2021

To mark its 50th-anniversary Médecins Sans Frontières presents the exhibition "Regards Témoins: 50 ans de terrain" in partnership with Magnum Photos. Until 23 September 2021, 19 photographs testify to the greatest humanitarian crises of the past and present and can be seen along the promenade des Bastions.

24 August 2021

From 28 to 3 July 2021, the CCNH World Summit on Frontline Humanitarian Negotiation is live-streamed from Caux. This multi-stakeholder global event will gather humanitarian leaders, frontline negociators, humanitarian policymakers, scholars, and donors to address today’s most demanding issues.

28 June 2021

To mark the launch of the "United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030" strategy, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invite you to a virtual event today, 8 June 2021, 12h00-13h20.

8 June 2021

The President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, and ILO's Director-General, Guy Rider, will open the Plenary session of the 109th International Labor Conference (ILC) to be held from 7 to 19 June 2021.

7 June 2021

On 26 May 2021, the Graduate Institute inaugurates the Geneva debate under the theme « La Maison estime que: the state should make vaccination against Covid-19 a legal requirement for its residents. » Initiated by students, the Geneva debate seeks to become the space where the most pressing challenges are discussed, reflected and where solutions are exposed in front of a jury.

25 May 2021

On 20 May 2021, the Internal Displacement monitoring centre (IDMC) organizes the virtual launch of the 2021 Global report on Internal Displacement. This impromptu barber set-up was pictured by, Magnum Photographer, Peter van Agtmael at the Al-Khazer IDP camp, in Iraq, in 2017.

17 May 2021

In the framework of the series of discussions "Connect with the GENvironment, Friday conversations with an environmental expert," the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) invites you on 14 May to meet Alice Tipping, Lead, Fisheries Subsidies at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Photographer Nanna Heitmann immortalized those fish caught by ice fishermen in 2019.

10 May 2021

On 11 May 2021, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Central Tracing Agency (CTA), the ICRC and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) organize the high-level online discussion "Transforming the global response for missing persons" with the participation of Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councilor, and head of the FDFA and Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC. This moving scene of a reunited family took place in July 2016 in the Makamba province, Burundi.

3 May 2021

"The Use of Remote Sensing and AI in the Mine Action Sector" is the theme of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) multi-sectorial webinar on 20 and 22 April 2021.

19 April 2021

From 12 to 15 April 2021, the "Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment" will convene global players with a multi-sectoral approach to enhance fair, ethical, and responsible recruitment of migrant workers. Patrick Zachmann pictured this scene above at "La Cravate Solidaire," an association that trains jobseekers before recruiting interviews. Here an advisor teaches how to tie a tie. 

12 April 2021

For the release of the French version of its very first report "Playing with Lives: Cyberattacks on Healthcare are Attacks on People", the CyberPeace Institute organizes a virtual seminar on 30 March 2021. This image of doctors and nurses treating a suspected COVID-19 patient, was taken by Magnum photographer Lorenzo Meloni at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy on 23 March 2020.

29 March 2021

On 22 March 2021, World Water Day, the Geneva Cities Hub and UN-Habitat organize, in collaboration with the Geneva Water Hub, the online debate "Water & Sanitation in the City: Good & Bad experiences, what are the lessons?" This high-level discussion is a first of a series entitled "Geneva Urban Debates". In 2017, Magnum photographer Alex Webb pictured this scene of swimmers in the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China.

22 March 2021

On 16 March 2021, the Graduate Institute holds the online event "A decade of war in Syria: What have humanitarian agencies learned?" with Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General and emergency relief coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

15 mars 2021

From 24 February to 17 March, the exhibition "Palais des Nations: A Time for Reflection", co-organized by the Center of Photography Geneva (CPG) and the UN Geneva Perception Change Project, will be presented in the Geneva public display space.

8 March 2021

On Wednesday, 3 March, the IUCN will host two Ministerial panels on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Recovery. Ten governments will join IUCN's Director-General, Dr. Bruno Oberle, to discuss the benefit of NbS for more sustainable and resilient societies. The scene above takes place in Greenland in 2008.

1 March 2021

From 22 February to 23 March, the Human Rights Council holds its 46th regular session. United Nations' highest body dedicated to the protection and promotion of Human Rights will notably address racism, poverty, children's rights, and the rights of people with disabilities. You may watch the session live on UN Web tv.

22 February 2021

On 18 February 2021, the Geneva Internet Platform invites you to the 6th Geneva Engage Awards online ceremony. Besides the three prizes granted for social media outreach and online engagement, a new award will be given for innovative and effective approaches to conducting remote meetings.

15 February 2021

On 10 February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and, World Health Organization (WHO) present a webinar on International instruments on the use of antimicrobials across the human, animal, and plant sectors. In 2017, the photojournalist Patrick Zachmann reported the work and lives of the Cambimba Village's farmers, Morroa, Colombia, supported by the FAO.

8 February 2021

On 3 February 2021, the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) organizes the High-Level Briefing on the 5th Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. The artist Ilkka Halso places nature and its protection at the center of his concerns. Here, an injured tree is admitted to intensive care.

1 February 2021