Swiss Red Cross clean-up | ICRC SOS

🧹Swiss Red Cross cleaning house amid leadership crisis. Ahead of its annual general meeting, Switzerland’s biggest aid organisation is hoping to move beyond the internal crisis that has shaken many from its upper management.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
⛑️ ICRC in talks with Swiss government for way out of financial crisis. Amid a major financial meltdown that has seen donations tank, the ICRC is turning to the Swiss government for help.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
📱WHO and EU team up for launch of Covid-inspired digital health pass. The initiative aims to protect citizens from current and future health threats, “including pandemics”, the WHO said.
Le Temps (FR)
🇸🇾 Syria’s opposition calls for fresh talks with Assad government. The Syrian Negotiation Commission urged for international support for “moribund” Geneva-based talks seeking a peaceful resolution to the Syrian war.
France24 (EN)
👀 Qatar minister elected to head UN labor conference following World Cup scrutiny. Qatar’s labour minister was elected unanimously, despite sharp criticism of Doha’s treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to last year’s world football tournament.
Associated Press (EN)

Hi, this is Paula. After months of mounting internal crisis at the Swiss Red Cross, will an independent report and the departure of its president augur better days ahead for the cradle of the global humanitarian movement?