Each year in December, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator makes a pilgrimage to Geneva, to unveil the UN’s humanitarian appeal for the upcoming year.
CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd spoke to journalists at the UN in Geneva and later addressed diplomats. He said 185 states signed the treaty and 170 have ratified it while three countries ...
The other four treaties prohibit landmines, biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. No country had ever withdrawn from any of them. The historic decision sent shockwaves through Geneva.
The Moscow Conventions were developed to raise awareness and demand public and official recognition by the International Committee of the Red Cross that the Russian Federation violates Geneva ...