With only five official negotiation days left before the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May—where the agreement is set to be adopted—delegations are under immense time pressure.
Freedom, justice and solidarity are the basic principles underlying the work of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). The KAS is a political foundation, closely associated with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
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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Statement
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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Genfreise
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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Die Bedeutung des WHO-Pandemieabkommens für wirtschaftliche Sicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz in Deuts...
Dr. Anja Maria Rittner
March 27, 2025
Country reports
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Geneva Telegram on the 13th meeting of the INB - A crucial moment for the pandemic response
The "Geneva Telegram" deals with events in Geneva's multilateral organizations on a current topic, this time the 13th meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on the Pandem...
Dr. Anja Maria Rittner
February 24, 2025
Geneva Telegram
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré
What a second Trump Administration will mean for multilateralism, in particular International Geneva
Andrea Ellen Ostheimer
January 13, 2025
Geneva Telegram
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Geneva Barometer
Developments among Geneva-based international organisations from September to December 2024
Andrea Ellen Ostheimer, Sarah Ultes, Dr. Anja Maria Rittner, Cedric Amon
December 23, 2024
Genfer Großwetterlage
Fast, but not fast-tracked
Mitglieder der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) bestätigen WTO-Generaldirektorin, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala für eine zweite Amtszeit
Global conceptualisation of and advocacy for an international "Pandemic Treaty"
Map of the Month 05/2021
This month, at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May, 59 countries proposed hosting a special WHA session in November 2021 dedicated to the pandemic treaty. Already back in April 2020, Chile first put forward the idea of a pandemic treaty, which was taken up by EU Council President Charles Michel in December 2020. At the end of March 2021, 24 heads of state and government issued a call for support for the idea.
Dr. Olaf Wientzek, Rosa Ann Seidler
May 28, 2021
Map of the Month
Co-sponsors of the proposal for a TRIPS-Waiver for COVID-19 vaccines in the WTO
Map of the Month 04/2021
The TRIPS-Waiver is an initiative by India and South Africa to temporarily suspend patent rights in order to accelerate the global production of COVID-19 vaccines. So far more than 60 states have co-sponsored the initiative, many more are supportive of the idea. The US, Chile, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Canada, the EU, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore and Switzerland have so far expressed scepticism. They point to existing flexibility within the TRIPS framework. The map shows the coalition of countries that are supportive of the initiative.
Dr. Olaf Wientzek, Sarah Ultes, Katarzyna Gorgol-Mäder
May 4, 2021
Map of the Month
Chinese resolution on the role of human rights in the UN-system
Map of the Month 03/2021
During the 46th Human Rights Council China tabled a resolution on “mutually beneficial cooperation" for the third time that seeks to advance human rights through best practices between states instead of accountability for human rights violations. Observers see this as an attempt to undermine existing human rights standards. The resolution was adopted with 26 votes in favour, 15 against and 6 abstentions. In 2020 23 states voted in favour, 16 against and 8 abstained and in 2018 28 states voted in favour while only the US voted against and 17 states abstained.
Dr. Olaf Wientzek, Sarah Ultes, Maewa Dutuit-Sauter
March 25, 2021
Map of the Month
International Partnership for Information and Democracy
Map of the Month 02/2021
On 24 February the Alliance for Multilateralism met once again on the margins of the 46th Human Rights Council in Geneva. Under the heading "New Frontiers for Human Rights. Pandemic Preparedness and Response", the relevance of the International Partnership for Information and Democracy was highlighted. The initiative condemns the manipulative use of fake news to undermine democracy. The signatories commit, i.a. to respect and defend freedom of opinion and freedom of the press, as well as to protect journalists.
The 13th meeting of the INB - A crucial moment for the pandemic response
With only five official negotiation days left before the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May—where the agreement is set to be adopted—delegations are under immense time pressure.