— ipetitions — 10 April 2021"We propose establishment of in-country UN Youth National Councils (UNYNC), that has the potential by 2030 to empower 800 Youth in each UN Member State as action-oriented enablers and implementors of sustainable development. A similar international UNYNC at UNHQ in NY and Geneva would also empower 160 Youth from each country as International Sustainable Development Policy Makers & Negotiators."
Agenda 2021: a youth cure for the UN (LINK)
Okinawa
— nationalinterest — 27 March 2021The Continuing Battle for Okinawa (LINK)
Myanmar
— UNOG — 23 March 2021A people in need of citizenship, not sympathy (LINK)
War Crimes
— frontpageafricaonline — 5 March 2021Jungle Jabbah, Alieu Kosiah and the fight against war crimes impunity (LINK)
Kosiah Raped Me Four Times' Swiss Court Hears in Ongoing War Crimes Trial — 24 February 2021 (LINK)
Kosiah 'ordered teacher butchered, eaten', alleged victim tells court — 18 February 2021 (LINK)
Culture
—deadline — 12 March 2021Understanding the hysteria over Hillbilly Elegy (LINK)
Digital nomads
— source — 28 February 2021"There is even a new online booking platform for resorts offering monthly packages that will allow guests to continue working while at the beach."
Digital nomads, Caribbean revolutionaries and making the best of lockdown through NBN (LINK)
War Crimes
— bbc — 23 February 2021 —reuters — 15 February 2021Jungle Jabbah, Alieu Kosiah and the fight against war crimes impunity (LINK)
Culture
— mymodernmet — 23 February 2021Swiss Style and 60 years of font war (LINK)
Bahamas
— lonelyplanet — 22 February 2021WTO
— Reuters — 16 February 2021Pan(dem)ic policies: what WTO can do (LINK)
Refugees and migrants
— Geneva Solutions — 16 February 2021Letter from Sicily: The Mediterranean – the World’s most Deadly Anti-Refugee 'Wall' (LINK)
U.S.-Japan
— johnmenadue — 25 January 2021The Continuing Battle for Okinawa (LINK)
Switzerland: COVID-19
— lenouvelliste — 23 January 2021An expat’s concern over our Covid deaths (LINK)
Thailand, COVID-19
— skynews — 27 December 2020 (LINK)Switzerland and the pandemic: Does the economy matter more? (LINK)
COVID-19
— pbs — 30 November 2020Switzerland and the pandemic: Does the economy matter more? (LINK)
Trump politics
— politico — 30 November 2020"Some legal experts described Trump‘s move as perhaps the broadest act of clemency since President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974."
Michael Flynn’s pardon, echoes of Moscow, and time for a new start (LINK)
Bahamas
— theguardian — 30 November 2020 — ewnews — 20 November 2020 — ewnews — 20 November 2020 — ewnews — 20 November 2020 — ewnews — 20 November 2020Caribbean Dreams: Economic Nightmares (LINK)
Human Rights
— genevasolutions — 18 November 2020Jungle Jabbah and the fight against war crimes impunity (LINK)