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With the World Cup Spotlight Gone, Has Qatar Made Progress on Its Promised Labour Reforms? No, Says a Global Union in a Recent Internal Report; Yes, Says the ILO—Calling Them "Significant"
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International Geneva’s continued love affair with FIFA
“The leadership of football does not answer to the court of public opinion; it responds to its own constituency. Its leaders depend for their survival on those whom they ought to reform; power in FIFA is a political cartel."
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#148 THE G|O BRIEFING, AUGUST 31, 2023
International Geneva’s continued love affair with FIFA | What do the BRICS want? Co-existence or cooperation? | For justice in Syria, hope comes from Geneva rather than The Hague
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#127 The G|O Briefing, February 16, 2023
Syrian quake victims: trapped by geopolitics; helped by diplomacy | Politics and Borders Matter | Re-envisioning the Liberal International Order
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Qatar has long targeted International Geneva in efforts to burnish its image
Partnerships with FIFA, one of the world’s most powerful and wealthy sport organizations, may undoubtedly seem alluring; but is it worth the risk of associating with what critics claim is a system riddled with corruption, now also tainted by Qatar’s influence buying?
Fifa's World Cup follies
ian Buruma | FIFA subscribes to the fantasy of a world without politics, where conflict is confined to the playing fields, but the choice to hold this year’s tournament in Qatar, a tiny oil-rich sheikdom with no footballing history, is itself political.
#122, The G|O Briefing, December 15, 2022
Before Brussels, Geneva has long been Qatar’s target in efforts to burnish its reputation | FIFA's World Cup Follies
#111 THE G|O Briefing, September 29, 2022
WESTERN RELIEF AFTER ITU VOTE | ANXIETY AT CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT |SPEAKING FOR THE UN | AUROCRACIES NEVER COLLAPSE NICELY | FIFA AND WTO! FOUL
#48 The G|O Briefing, April 1, 2021
France on a spending spree for international organizations! - Washington and Caracas lock horns at the WTO - UN Geneva is alive and well