Switzerland's security is inextricably linked to that of the wider European continent, the neutral country's outgoing defence ...

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

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

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

A group of UN human rights experts said Thursday that Israel is again 'weaponising starvation' in Gaza by blocking ...

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 ...

The UN and the Swiss government are opposed to ... President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of Gaza. Read more: Switzerland adopts wait-and-see approach to Trump Gaza plan Both Türk ...

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

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world. He lashed out at voices of ...

On September 18, the UN General Assembly mandated Switzerland to organise the conference, given that the Alpine country is the depository of the international treaties setting out the rules of war and ...

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, will present the report at a special event in Geneva, Switzerland.