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Geneva Telegram - March 2026

PABS Annex to WHO Pandemic Agreement: Fifth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group in Februar...

With a view to the 79th World Health Assembly in May, differing views on the further development of the PABS Annex continued to emerge during the fifth round of negotiations.

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Geneva Telegram - February 2026

PABS Annex to WHO Pandemic Agreement: Resumed 4th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group

Following the formal suspension of the fourth round of negotiations in December 2025, WHO Member States resumed deliberations on the PABS Annex under heightened time constraints.

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Geneva Telegram - January 2026

3. and 4. meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the PABS Annex of the Pandemic Agreement

Despite a shared sense of responsibility in the context of geopolitical tensions, differences remained over the exchange of pathogen data in return for fair access to pandemic produ...

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When All Concerns Are Trumped

The Impact of US Policy on Global Health

US withdrawal jeopardises global health programmes and research – WHO faces billion-dollar shortfall and restructuring.

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80th anniversary of the United Nations

A brief overview of the work of some of the Geneva-based UN organisations and their achievements at the 80th anniversary of the United Nations on 22 September 2025

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Menschen auf der Flucht aus dem Sudan 2024 UNHCR, 2024, Nicolò Filippo Rosso
Geneva Telegram

Key insights from UNHCR’s new global trends report 2025

The new UNHCR report provides insights into global trends in 2024. With 123.3 mio. people, there were 6% more forcibly displaced than in 2023. Sudan is particularly hard-hit.

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Multipod: WHO macht Fortschritte bei internationalen Gesundheitsvorschriften

Die Covid-Pandemie hat auch auf internationaler Ebene Folgen. Erfahren Sie, wie die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) und ihre Mitgliedstaaten sich besser für die Zukunft wappnen.

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Multipod: Wie können Frauenrechte im Gesundheitssektor gestärkt werden?

Erfahren Sie mehr über die Herausforderungen von Frauen, Ihr Recht auf Gesundheit einzufordern.

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Norbert Lammert on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

"Human rights are not laws of nature. [...], they must be protected & defended by people who take the claim to the inviolability of human dignity seriously".

Multipod: Review of Germany in the UPR

Multipod: Human rights protection starts at home. Germany in the UPR

On 9th November 2023, the United Nation's Human Rights Council discussed the human rights situation in Germany

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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

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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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Ratifications of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement

Map of the Month 09/2025

On 15 September 2025, the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies entered into force after Brazil, Kenya, Tonga and Vietnam completed the decisive ratifications. The agreement, which came about after more than 20 years of negotiations, is considered a historic milestone for the WTO and is the first multilateral, legally binding pact on environmental sustainability. 111 ratifications (two-thirds of WTO membership) were required for it to enter into force. The total number of ratifications now stands at 112, with more in the pipeline. The agreement curtails harmful subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (FISH1), while negotiations on subsidies regarding overcapacity and overfishing (FISH2) are still ongoing and must be concluded within four years. In addition, the entry into force of the Agreement also activate the WTO Fisheries Fund, which will support developing countries and least developed countries in implementing the Agreement.

Cedric Amon
September 30, 2025
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Humanitarian aid under attack - aid workers killed in conflicts in 2024 and 2025

Map of the Month 08/2025

The maps illustrate the number of aid workers who lost their lives while carrying out their work in 2024 and 2025. While 2024 has been the deadliest year on record (since 1997) for aid workers, 2025 is set to be worse. While in 383 fatalities were reported across 27 countries in 2024, 265 fatalities have been reported until August 2025 out of which 173 have been reported from Gaza alone, which - like in the previous year-, remains the deadliest context for aid workers worldwide. The situation is Gaza is followed by Sudan with 36 fatalities, South Sudan with 14 and DR-Congo with 10. The rising numbers not only reflect the intensity of violence in armed conflicts, but also mark a retreat by states from norms of international humanitarian law (IHL). In addition, humanitarian funding is being cut which also affects humanitarian staff and puts them in even greater danger. 

Sarah Ultes
August 31, 2025
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Key votes during the 59th UN Human Rights Council

Map of the Month 07/2025

During the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council, which convened in Geneva from June 16 to July 9, a total of 25 resolutions and one decision were adopted. Nineteen resolutions (76%) were adopted by consensus and six after a vote. However, a resolution that sought to discontinue the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea was rejected after a vote. Women's rights, as well as issues of sexual orientation and gender identity, were central themes of the Council's June sessions. Several texts were adopted by consensus, such as the mandate of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls and a first dedicated resolution on female genital mutilation (FGM). On the other hand, the extension of the mandate of the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) was put to a vote again. Other texts that required a vote included a text on supporting Ukraine in the field of human rights and on access to medicines, vaccines, and other health products, an issue that also caused controversy at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) and in the debates on the so-called system for access to and equitable sharing of benefits from pandemic-relevant materials and data, or “PABS” for short. 

Sarah Ultes
July 31, 2025
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Forced Displacement 2024 - Host countries, countries of origin and contributions to the UNHCR

Map of the Month 06/2025

Worldwide, 123.3 million people were displaced by the end of 2024, according to the new Global Trends Report 2025 published by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This constitutes an increase of 6% or 7 million people compared to the previous year and almost twice as many as a decade ago, which was mainly driven by escalating conflicts such as in Sudan, Myanmar, gang violence in Haiti, the war in Gaza and with Lebanon or escalating fighting in the DR-Congo, the Sahel region or Ukraine. With 14.3 million displaced people, Sudan is currently the largest displacement crisis in the world. Despite the rising needs, the UNHCR is facing chronic underfunding. By end-May 2025, only 22% of its budget (2,3 bn out of 10,6 bn. USD) has been covered, once again less than in the previous year. Due to the major funding shortfall and the financial uncertainty due to the U.S. foreign aid freeze in particularly, the UNHCR announced to cut global staffing costs by 30%. The UNHCR has been heavily reliant on US funding (traditionally covering around 40% of its budget). According to High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, it is not merely a funding shortfall, but a "crisis of responsibility". The cost of inaction will not least be measured by further instability. 

Sarah Ultes
July 1, 2025
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Geneva Telegram - March 2026

PABS Annex to WHO Pandemic Agreement: Fifth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group in February 2026

With a view to the 79th World Health Assembly in May, differing views on the further development of the PABS Annex continued to emerge during the fifth round of negotiations.

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