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

A UN body of independent experts accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity by blocking all aid to Gaza after ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Switzerland lifted the measures against the Syrian energy and transportation sectors, as announced by the Federal Council on ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has traveled to Geneva to take part in the 58th session of the United Nations Human ...

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 ...

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