•Written by The Editors• ••Monday•, 31 •January• 2011 22:32•
As part of Webster University’s annual initiative, the Psychology and Counseling Lecture Series 2011, it will hold a special address: The relevance of HIV/AIDS counselling in an age of biomedical miracles on Tuesday, February 22nd. by Dr. David Miller, one of the world’s leading specialists on HIV/AIDS counselling.
•Written by William T. Dowell• ••Thursday•, 01 •July• 2010 01:26•
Geneva -- Nicolas Hayek, who died of heart failure at the age of 82 on June 28, is generally credited with saving the Swiss Watch industry. To anyone who knows the business, that is something of an understatement.
•Written by Carole Vann• ••Monday•, 01 •March• 2010 18:17•
Charged with interrogating those who collaborated with former Liberian President Charles Taylor and later listening to the voices of Khmer Rouge victims in Cambodia, Geneva attorney Alain Werner is one of the pioneers of an evolving international justice system. Carole Vann, an editor and writer with InfoSud , a non-profit news agency focusing on humanitarian, human rights and other global issues, interviews Werner about his experiences. Readers can also take part in a presentation by Alain Werner on his experiences as prosecutor against Taylor and for the victims of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge : Friday, March 5th at 18h20 à 19h30, Maison des Associations, rue des Savoises, Geneva.
•Written by William T. Dowell• ••Monday•, 25 •May• 2009 06:00•
GENEVA -- The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue or HD Centre , as it often refers to itself, is one of a hand full of places to go if you want to kick start a negotiating process with pirates in Somalia or a rebel army in Chad. The HD Centre, in fact, is part of a new trend: outsourcing the mediation of hot conflicts, which often involve unsavory characters. Certain of its operations, the HD Centre prefers not to talk about, a highly frustrating approach those communciations' officers who would like nothing better than to talk of the Geneva-based organization's achievements, or at least, activities. But publicity, or even mention of a mediation, until the right time, could derail such efforts. For this reason, the Centre is willing to talk with journalists, such as those visiting Geneva with the Media21 Global Journalism Network , particularly those whose countries are themselves involved in conflicts., if only to explain why it can't talk. These days HDC is involved in at least four mediations that it can’t talk about, and is also consulting on conflict situations in Sudan, Somalia, the Philippines, East Timor and Thailand.
•Written by Edward Girardet & William Dowell• ••Tuesday•, 03 •March• 2009 23:40•
Belgian doctor, Peter Piot, the former executive director of UNAIDS, is moving onto new challenges following his nearly 13-year tenure at the agency. Piot, now a Fellow and senior advisor of the Gates Foundation, will head up a new ground-breaking Global Health institute at Imperial College in London in April. He is also a driving force behind the aids2031 initiative, intended to outline the future of the disease over the next 25 years. Looking back, Piot explores the key issues regarding AIDS, including the need to mobilize the public - and the media - to take advantage of the scientific knowledge that has been acquired so far.
•Written by Annette Makino• ••Thursday•, 06 •November• 2008 15:49•
"To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand." − US President-elect Barack Obama, November 4, 2008.
It is this aspect of how all societies are affected by the same global challenges that is often neglected. As Annette Makino of the Washington-based non-governmental media organization Internews writes, radios in the forgotten corners of the world have a key role to play in informing local populations, particularly in times of crisis. The Essential Edge believes it worthwhile to draw attention to the work of organizations such as Internews and to consider the interview with Obama made by Chadian journalist Isaka Allafouza (left in the banner photo) at the airport in Abéché during Obama's trip to Africa in August 2006. It is also important to place greater emphasis on the work, often under extremely hazardous conditions, of local journalists in countries like Chad, Kenya, Afghanistan or Sri Lanka.
•Written by The Editors• ••Thursday•, 04 •September• 2008 16:00•
The Geneva Network, a diverse group of Swiss and international diplomats, aid representatives, business leaders, journalists, academics and other professionals concerned by the need to develop and harness the wealth of Lake Geneva exceptional resources more effectively, will be publishing a “Call for Action” later this month. This is the second report by the Network in two years. The first was to provide a document for public debate. This second is to prompt action before it is too late.
•Written by The Editors• ••Wednesday•, 16 •April• 2008 16:50•
Well-known in the Lake Geneva Region, particularly among those involved with amateur theatre and professionally among media specialists, Christopher Powell, 56, died last Friday morning 11 April 2008 while on a field training mission in Tunis. A former BBC television producer and Geneva foreign correspondent, Chris was the senior World Health Organization communication officer for the Family and Community Health Cluster. He served with WHO for 16 years and touched many lives around the world.