Globally, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is an effective and welcome cooperation partner, says its Administrator Achim Steiner. He is concerned over dwindling financial support from countries like Switzerland. Interview by Laura...
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For a safe and peaceful Switzerland and world for all
End of May, the Alliance for Women, Peace and Security launches its report on civil society priorities for the 5th Swiss National Action Plan to implement the Women, Peace and Security agenda. The report contains recommendations from Swiss civil...
No clean slate for the West
The problem is not the United Nations, but the pursuit of self-interest by Member States. A case for values-based and human-centred multilateralism. The United Nations (UN) was set up in 1945 in the aftermath of the Second World War to serve as...
Shrinking civil society space in times of war
In wartime, it is dangerous to leave the house to go to the mailbox or the bakery. There is no safety, not even in the immediate neighborhood. The war in Ukraine provides a clear example of this. Even where there is no open warfare, NGOs and...