I am so honored to have been selected for the second prize of Fetisov Journalism Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism for my story “Why Switzerland Struggles with Dirty Gold: Tales from Peru”. Thank you so much. #Peru#gold#oroilegal#mining@swissinfo_en
📣Today we are honored to announce the winners of the Fetisov Journalism Awards 2020!
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Our congratulations to all FJA winners 2020!👏
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Indirect talks between the United States and Iran took place in Geneva on Thursday as the White House increased threats of military action. Technical talks are expected next week in Vienna. https://t.co/MptRZBLiib
A nationwide spate of violence and crime has gripped Peruvian communities, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable. Read my latest in The New Humanitarian: https://t.co/9IYXj7lJmf
After US pressure on Venezuela culminated in this month’s military operation, local aid groups say acute humanitarian and economic crises are yet to figure among global priorities. @genevasolutions https://t.co/oomyLRtkXk
"Delcy will try to appease the Americans until the midterm elections, or until Trump leaves office. We've seen this before. We know how they work." @MAA563 A member of Venezuelan opposition's international policy council tells me @genevasolutions https://t.co/Zok3BrA74l
An announcement by Trump to exit 66 international organisations – including Unctad and the IPCC in Geneva – may signal the US administration’s further diversion from multilateralism, but may be more symbolic than a funding catastrophe. https://t.co/kETTl8JIpB
The US military intervention in Venezuela and capture of president Nicolás Maduro has put the world’s largest oil reserves back on the global energy map. Switzerland’s oil traders are paying close attention. @suissenegoce @trafigura https://t.co/0bxHmuDb0X
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon are facing a new threat as they continue to preserve their rainforests: drug trafficking. Forests are being cleared for coca while community land defenders, are targeted by hit men. https://t.co/L9pWqLrHq8
COP30 climate talks will begin in earnest on Monday. Here’s what to expect from Swiss negotiators @bafuCH in Belém.@ciel_tweets @Fastenaktion_CH https://t.co/jBTFjpws11
As gold prices hit record highs, the @minamataMEA faces pressure to curb mercury use in small-scale mining. Member states meeting in Geneva this week will debate how to curb the highly toxic metal's trade. ✍️@pauladdobias
https://t.co/waulTIoo0F
Hit by budget cuts and inflated accommodation costs in Belém, Geneva-based international organisations and NGOs will be sending smaller delegations to next month’s COP30, as I report in @GenevaSolutions
Less than two weeks out from the climate summit in Belem, Geneva-based UN agencies, NGOs and civil society regulars scale back their delegations – squeezed by budget constraints and sky-high hotel prices.
https://t.co/kixrtUucbz
Less than two weeks out from the climate summit in Belem, Geneva-based UN agencies, NGOs and civil society regulars scale back their delegations – squeezed by budget constraints and sky-high hotel prices.
https://t.co/kixrtUucbz
As hope flickers that the Gaza ceasefire will stick this time, veteran mediators who have been here before warn that peace brokered after any war won’t last unless political and military talks advance together. @hdcentre@TheGCSP via @genevasolutions https://t.co/Be9MSEGg5g
Nine months into his migration crackdown, Trump is taking a swing at the UN asylum system. As countries meet this week in Geneva to discuss funding for refugee protection, what will the US rhetoric mean for international agencies? ✍️@pauladdobias
➡️ https://t.co/GWOc86GDFr
As the UN rushes to come up with ideas to reboot the multilateral system, humanitarian leaders say they are ready to put plans in action, beating other sectors to the start line. ✍️@pauladdobias
https://t.co/D26VcCPoXg
Delegations are mulling over the UN’s recent reform proposals as leaders gather in New York for #UNGA at a historic, albeit existential moment for the organisation.
✍️@pauladdobias reports from New York.
➡️ https://t.co/r6OWRMV4fS
A week after the UN secretary general proposed a new 2026 budget that would cut nearly a fifth of staff, Ronny Patz, an academic specialising in UN finances, tells @pauladdobias that the financial crisis will worsen unless states step up.
https://t.co/eXQVEl6dvm