There was 'no desire from the other contracting parties to postpone or continue,' says Franz Perrez, head of directorate of ...

China is misusing and mischaracterizing UN Resolution 2758 to exclude Taiwan from international organizations, the US ...

The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States ...

Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the ...

There is no sufficient cross-regional critical mass supporting the text of the Final Draft Declaration,' says Foreign ...

Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the Geneva Conventions and the occupied Palestinian territories, Bern said Thursday ...

The United Nations (UN) said Thursday it was allocating US$110 million from its emergency fund for life-saving assistance in ...

US funding suspension is a "real earthquake" for international organisations. SWISS CEO rules out fare cuts despite record profits. More in today’s briefing.

Switzerland is expressing its concern over plans in the United States to expand the use of the death penalty. An executive ...

The United Nations rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday about a "fundamental shift in direction" by the United ...

The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take ...

India has slammed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk's unfounded and baseless remarks in the 58th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the situations in ...