UN puts a price on media access “The UN is telling us that only money can allow coverage of UN and UN agencies activities,” one reporter observes. “This runs completely against the UN General Assembly’s resolutions.”
#119 The G|O Briefing, November 24, 2022 Human rights defenders cheer UN vote | Stop bothering us, UN tells the press | Alaa Abd El-Fattah is still in jail. His sister talks to The G|O |
#118 The G|O Briefing, November 17, 2022 Exclusive: Ukraine Grain Association President talks to The G|O | Bali not so far from Geneva | Watch The G|O on local station Léman Bleu!
Relief in Geneva after a busy G20 Bali may be 12,000km from Geneva, but with the G20 Summit taking place there this week, it has never seemed so close, and the results are seen here as positive. From the official meetings to the sidelines, and a final communiqué stating that “most members strongly condemn the war
Backstage with the UN correspondents Breaking an exclusive story amid a consistently massive output of embargoed press releases and communications of all sorts is often mission impossible, especially since the pandemic has dramatically decreased face-to-face encounters. It’s the kind of feat that arouses envy within the clique.
Subscribers Only A blistering report and a new challenge for Geneva—how to deal with it? Finally released by the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, just a few minutes before leaving office at midnight yesterday (August 31), the long-awaited report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is damning.
#107 The G|O Briefing, September 1, 2022 A few minutes before midnight, a blistering report on China from the UN human rights office. But what next? — The Earth burns; UN lawyers fiddle
#94 The G|O Briefing, April 21, 2022 China ratifies conventions against forced labor – The war continues to disrupt the WTO’s deliberations
#83, The G|O Briefing, January 27, 2022 Sanctions on Putin could cripple International Geneva - A new European push to move forward on a IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines - The ECOSOC decoded!