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Genfer Großwetterlage

Entwicklungen in den Genfer Organisationen von Ende April bis Mitte Juli 2023
Es waren geschäftige Monate vor Sommerbeginn im internationalen Genf - von der WHA, über die IAK und den 53. Menschenrechtsrat bis zum jährlichen Gipfel zu Künstlicher Intelligenz.
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Multilateraler Dialog Genf, Länderberichte EdvanKun
Länderbericht

Klare Voten bei Volksabstimmungen – kleine Fortschritte im Bereich der Außenbeziehungen
Letzter Abstimmungssonntag vor den Wahlen – Eckwerte für Verhandlungen mit der EU, beginnende Debatte zur Rolle der Schweiz in der Welt.
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Multilateraler Dialog Genf - Genfer Depesche - UNHCR UN Photo / Elma Okic
Genfer Depesche

Indictment on the state of our world – UNHCR’s new global trends report
On 14 June 2023, the UNHCR presented its new global trends report: 108,4 million people were forcibly displaced by the end of 2022 with the fighting in Sudan causing the number to r...
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Multilateraler Dialog Genf, Genfer Depesche WHA U.S. Mission / Eric Bridiers / flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0
Genfer Depesche

Pandemievertrag, Finanzen und Politik
Die „Genfer Depesche“ geht auf Vorgänge in den Genfer multilateralen Organisationen zu einem aktuellen Thema ein, dieses Mal zur 76. Weltgesundheitsversammlung (21.-30. Mai 2023).
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WTO Leporello Emphase – Graphic Design Lab / Lausanne, Bern.
World Trade Organization briefly explained

Leporello on World Trade Organization (WTO)

The WTO Leporello provides a brief overview of the functioning, the main challenges and achievements of the most important multilateral organisation for rules-based trade.
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Geneva Barometer

Developments among Geneva-based international organisations from mid-February to mid-April 2023
Diplomatic activity in Geneva has been running at full speed since the end of January, . The density of meetings was particularly high between the end of February and April.
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Geneva Security Debate zum Krieg in der Ukraine
Prof. Dr. Lammert, Botschafter Dr. Heusgen und Botschafter Greminger zu den Auswirkungen des Krieges in der Ukraine auf den Multilateralismus und die Weltordnung
Delegationsreise
Dialogprogramm des Arbeitskreises Globale Gesundheit der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Genf
Erfahren Sie mehr über die Delegationsreise zu aktuellen Herausforderungen im Bereich Globale Gesundheit vom 7-9. Juni
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Neue Folge des Podcasts Multipod
Multipod: Chinas Rolle in internationalen Standardisierungsorganisationen
Erfahren Sie mehr über Chinas wachsende Teilnahme an internationalen Normungsverfahren basierend auf den Erkenntnissen einer kürzlich veröffentlichten Studie!
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Die Genfer Großwetterlage Dezember 2021 als Podcast
Die Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen des Multilateralen Dialog KAS Genf zu den jüngsten Entwicklungen im internationalen Genf von Oktober bis Dezember 2021.
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Die Genfer Großwetterlage Oktober 2021 als Podcast
Die Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen des Multilateralen Dialog KAS Genf zu den jüngsten Entwicklungen im internationalen Genf von Juli bis Oktober 2021
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Neue Folge des Podcasts MultiPod
Multipod: Das Tauziehen im UN-Menschenrechtsrat
Einblicke und Beobachtungen zum UN-Menschenrechtsrat: prozedurale Kniffe, das Kräftemessen der Mitgliedsstaaten oder das Ringen um Formulierungen und Einfluss hier im Podcast!
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Voluntary contributions to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in 2022

Map of the Month 12/2022

Every year on 10 December, Human Rights Day is observed, the day the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. While the 75th anniversary of the UDHR will be celebrated in 2023, its promises have been under a sustained assault in recent years. Although human rights constitute one of the three pillars of the UN, along with development, and peace and security, only 7% of the regular UN budget is allocated to human rights and only around 3% to the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR), the leading UN entity on human rights. Hence, OHCHR relies heavily on voluntary contributions by Member States and other donors which make up almost two thirds of OHCHR’s income. Out of the 211 Mio. USD received in 2022, the European Commission (30 Mio.), Sweden (28,8), the USA (27,8), Norway (19), Netherlands (15), Germany (12,6) and Switzerland (19) alone gave around 62%.

Olaf Wientzek, Sarah Ultes
December 9, 2022
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Donor and Recipient countries and progress of appeals Humanitarian aid worldwide in 2022

Map of the Month 12/2022

On December 1, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), led by Martin Griffiths, presented its new Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) for 2023. OCHA estimates that 339 million people will need humanitarian assistance in the upcoming year, an increase of around 20% compared to the beginning of 2022. This is 1/23 people worldwide. To reach the 230 million in 69 countries who are at the sharpest edge of suffering, $51.1 billion will be needed, $10.5 billion or 25% more than the year before. In the last 5 years alone, the number of people in need has doubled. While the amount of money needed has risen accordingly, the number of donor countries has remained relatively small (the US provides nearly half of the funds to date, Germany is by far the second largest donor, and the EU Commission is in third place). Hence, there is a huge funding gap: in 2022, only 47% of the funds required were actually received. 10 country situations alone, most of them war and conflict situations, require around USD 30 billion. In addition, climate change and the secondary consequences of the Ukraine are considered reasons for the sharp increase.

Olaf Wientzek
December 2, 2022
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35th Special Session of UN Human Rights Council on Islamic Republic of Iran

Map of the Month 11/2022

In light of the violent crackdown on protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran, Germany and Iceland on 11 November officially requested to hold a special session of the UN Human Rights Council to address the increasingly deteriorating human rights situation, “especially with respect to women and children”. The 35th special session, which was the first one held on Iran, took place on 24 November. Prior to the debate, the initiative has received the support of a total of 51 states: 17 Council members and 34 observer states. According to UN figures, well over 300 people have been killed so far and tens of thousands have been arrested, many possibly facing the death penalty. Numerous UN special rapporteurs and working groups had called for the session to be held and for an international investigation mechanism to be established. With 25 votes in favor, 6 against and 16 abstentions, the Council indeed established an independent international fact finding mission to investigate alleged violations related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022. In the last minute, China had put forward an oral amendment which aimed at abolishing the mechanism. It was rejected with 6 to 25 and 15 abstentions.

Olaf Wientzek, Sarah Ultes
November 15, 2022
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Key votes at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council and new composition in 2023

Map of the Month 10/2022

During the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, among others two texts on two UN Security Council members - China and Russia - were put to the vote. Following the release of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on the situation in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region on 31 August, the US, together with Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the UK, tabled a draft decision to debate the issue at the next session under agenda item 2. After China called for a vote, the text was rejected with 19 votes against, 17 in favour and 11 abstentions. On the other hand, a resolution was adopted with 17 votes in favour, 6 against and 24 abstentions, which, among other things, decides to establish a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Russia. This is the first time that such a mechanism will be established for a member of the UN Security Council. Furthermore, the mandates of the Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, the International Commission of Experts on Human Rights in Ethiopia and the Special Rapporteurs on Afghanistan were extended. In addition, 12 new members were elected and two current members were re-elected (Germany and Sudan) to serve as members of the Council starting from 1 January, 2023.

Olaf Wientzek, Sarah Ultes
October 7, 2022
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Genfer Großwetterlage

Entwicklungen in den Genfer Organisationen von Ende April bis Mitte Juli 2023

Es waren geschäftige Monate vor Sommerbeginn im internationalen Genf - von der WHA, über die IAK und den 53. Menschenrechtsrat bis zum jährlichen Gipfel zu Künstlicher Intelligenz.
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