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Good morning, this is Kasmira. It’s time to strap your seatbelts. There’s turbulence ahead for international Geneva, concedes state councillor Nathalie Fontanet, who oversees its activities, but with it comes a chance for reform, she tells me.

And continued careful mediation efforts will be key to turning the ceasefire in Gaza into lasting peace, former UN aid chief Martin Griffiths writes in an opinion piece.

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Kasmira Jefford

05.02.2025


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Nathalie Fontanet, Geneva state councillor responsible for finance, human resources and external affairs, pictured at a press conference in Geneva on 7 janvier 2025. (Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)

Nathalie Fontanet: ‘International Geneva is entering a period of turbulence’. Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze and retreat from several major organisations and treaties have spread fear and confusion through international Geneva. State councillor Nathalie Fontanet, in charge of Geneva’s host state relations, says the crisis is an opportunity for the sector to wean itself off a few major donors.

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For the ceasefire to transition into lasting peace, despite both sides maintaining irreconcilable objectives, we must trust and support the mediators, writes Martin Griffiths, former UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs.


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