The President of the Geneva State Council, Nathalie Fontanet, announced the creation of a foundation to help international Geneva adapt to new geopolitical realities. (Keystone/Martial Trezzini)

🤝Foundation behind watchmaker Rolex pitches in to help international Geneva. Geneva’s State Council and the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation have announced plans to launch a foundation endowed with CHF50 million to help international organisations and NGOs cope with funding cuts.

💵Nations agree to raise their WHO fees in wake of US retreat. Countries at the World Health Assembly approved the UN health agency’s proposed budget and agreed to pitch in more, providing the embattled organisation with some financial breathing space, while gaps in its funding remain.

🔍︎WHA approves first-ever procedure for investigating a WHO director general. The mechanism for investigating allegations comes after six years of debate and deliberations and follows a recommendation by the United Nations to all its agencies in 2019.

🇨🇳China says US trade talks important but multilateralism key to solution. In a statement at the World Trade Organization’s General Council meeting, Beijing’s mission to the trade body said multilateralism was the “ultimate choice to address global challenges” and called on other nations to stabilise trade relations.