Kasmira Jefford

🌍🇨🇭 Editor-in-chief @GenevaSolutions
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[Kasmira Jefford @kmjefford]

Exclusive: The US is sparring with China over its bid to host the ITU's influential World Radiocommunication Conference, with the stand-off set to come to a head at meeting of ITU Council today: https://t.co/UqBb3j5GhP

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

"What has thrown everyone off balance is how cuts have hit not only parts of the UN that the US traditionally dislikes, but parts of the UN that Washington has historically been favorable to."

I talk @GenevaSolutions with @telegramwriter & @loucharbon.
https://t.co/LNvbFBAGR1

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Geneva to provide CHF 10m for NGOs reeling from US funding freeze | via @genevasolutions https://t.co/xZzcuabt5d

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“Millions of people have been abandoned from one day to the other,” says Barbara Hintermann, director of the Terre des Hommes Lausanne foundation.

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#USAID @tdh_org lays off 440 staff in nine countries after seeing US funding halted. ✍️@kmjefford | via @genevasolutions https://t.co/uaeYr3G86E

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📢Join us at @genevapressclub on Mon 4 November to discuss what it'll take for countries to strike a new finance goal at #COP29, will they make good on a pledge to move away from fossil fuels, and can they achieve more than hollow commitments?
➡️Sign up: https://t.co/ITtGYKiGQW

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🇺🇸President Biden began his term signalling the US’s reengagement to the UN and multilateralism.

But against a backdrop of conflicts and cooperation made difficult by strategic global rivalries, he leaves behind a mixed track-record, writes @kmjefford.

https://t.co/HqBRJhqOZ3

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🗓️Join us on 9 Sept. at our event with @genevapressclub on Sudan’s future. 👥: Mohamed Salih Yassin, formerly from the Sudanese transitional government, @amnesty researcher on Sudan @abdullahisom1, and the @UN_HRC Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan. Register👇 https://t.co/hRITyHqRKC

[UN Library&Archives Geneva @UNOGLibrary]

An interesting article about a famous member of the #LeagueOfNations Secretariat: before writing the @007 James Bond series, Ian Fleming worked for the Intellectual Cooperation Section, a @UNESCO predecessor! 🤓
His personnel file is in our archives: https://t.co/ypISsqnug8

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As the Human Rights Council resumes its work today, join us at 12h15 for our latest monthly talk @genevapressclub with @URGthinktank and @CIHRS_en to delve into the big issues on the agenda amid increasing human rights crises. Details here: https://t.co/Fg4yYWoB2W

[Kasmira Jefford @kmjefford]

We're following the UN Human Rights Council presidency election taking place on Wednesday, which is likely to be a close call between the two candidates, Morocco and South Africa. Read our story or a bite-size version of it here 👇

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The Human Rights Council will choose its president for the year on Wednesday in an election that is far from the ordinary, reports @kmjefford. 🧵(1/7) https://t.co/6xr2DEIxbH

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📢Join us at midday on Tuesday 28 Nov online or in-person @genevapressclub for a conversation on what to expect at #Cop28 🌍with @mi_langrand @pauladdobias @HealthPolicyW editor-in-chief @RFletch1979 and experts Joie Chowdhury @ciel & Matt McKinnon @thecvf https://t.co/2J6RHaXUTg

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Founded in 1947 to facilitate cooperation between east and west, @mi_langrand speaks to @UNECE's outgoing boss @algayerova about the hardships of fulfilling that mission in a region crippled by climate change, Covid, debt and war. Read our interview of the week 👇

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Olga Algayerova: ‘It’s a loss for the region if we cannot cooperate’ https://t.co/OYp07JHjhf

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The UN's climate science body has just elected Jim Skea as its new chair. Read our interview by @mi_langrand @GenevaSolutions here. The Scottish scientist says countries need to prepare for worst-case scenarios and no solutions should be off the table. https://t.co/vQyo5j9fDM

[Kasmira Jefford @kmjefford]

Good morning, I'm excited to be back in the #GenevaSolutions newsroom after my maternity leave and look forward to catching up on what's happening in #InternationalGeneva and beyond. Got a story? Get in touch!

[Kasmira Jefford @kmjefford]

@maitlis Not so camouflaged!

[Kasmira Jefford @kmjefford]

Was thrilled to have moderated a conversation last night for @Geneva_Academy with new #UN human rights chief @volker_turk. As he embarks on one of toughest UN jobs, he goals include "regaining the universality and the visibility of the human rights regime".

[Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights @Geneva_Academy]

The evening continues with a conversation with the new #UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @volker_turk on #HumanRights in a dynamic and disrupted order, moderated by @kmjefford, editor-in-chief @GenevaSolutions

[Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights @Geneva_Academy]

The evening continues with a conversation with the new #UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @volker_turk on #HumanRights in a dynamic and disrupted order, moderated by @kmjefford, editor-in-chief @GenevaSolutions

[Geneva Solutions @GenevaSolutions]

#Climatechange ‘We realised that we had to question our own model of care’: we spoke to @ALIMAong about its plans to halve its carbon footprint by 2030. https://t.co/l7yuyPibaC

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Iran: UN called to act as crackdown intensifies https://t.co/Ry6EyblKkT

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New use of landmines is posing threat to 25-year ban treaty https://t.co/AuxUOgIdiq