UN staff in Geneva protest against drastic budget and job cuts affecting thousands of UN employees worldwide, at Place des Nations, during International Workers' Day, 1 May 2025. (Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

💪‘International Geneva will be more efficient and stable in the long term’. Seven months after the US slashed aid for international organisations and NGOs worldwide, Yannick Roulin, director of the International Geneva Welcome Centre (Cagi), insists Geneva will remain a leading hub of global governance.

💥Red Cross temporarily suspends operations in Gaza City amid escalating hostilities. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was forced to relocate staff to the south for their safety, as thousands of Palestinians trapped in the besieged city face dire conditions.

💉Vaccinations averted 17 million deaths in past five years – but global challenges persist. Despite a significant bounce back in immunisation since Covid-19, A World Health Organisation assessment warned that “geopolitical instability”, strained budgets and “shifting health architectures” are testing programmes.

🪖UN Security Council approves military force to fight gangs in Haiti. The mission, approved for an initial 12 months, will replace the underfunded Kenya-led police force and rely on voluntary contributions for funding and personnel.

🥳UN at 80 years: ‘Never give up’. Former federal councillor Joseph Deiss, who was in New York for the UN General Assembly last week, reflects on his “stubborn hope” in multilateralism, Switzerland's distressing silence, a US president “so arrogant it makes you lose your appetite” and a French one who “restored confidence in human dignity”.