U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hosted informal talks in Geneva between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders, hoping to breathe new life into the Cyprus peace process that has been on ...

An independent human rights expert says Myanmar’s people are already feeling the “crushing impact” from the “sudden, chaotic ...

Allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in U.N. peacekeeping and political missions topped 100 for the third time in the ...

The International Organisation for Migration has confirmed massive staff reductions, which will also touch its Geneva headquarters.

The Swiss delegation to the Security Council focused on four main areas: building sustainable peace, protecting civilians, enhancing the Council's effectiveness and addressing climate security. These ...

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 has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Dominique Hasler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport of Liechtenstein, ...

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

The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Switzerland organised a large protest in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, raising their voices against a series of grave human rights ...

The Council of States does not want to stop Swiss payments to the UN Palestinian Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) with immediate effect. On Tuesday, it rejected a corresponding motion from the SVP ...