A conference organised by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA took place on 20 November.
Students of the International Law and Comparative Law and International Finance and Investment Management programmes visited the World Trade Organisation (WTO), where they listened to a lecture on the main activities of this important international structure. The excursion began with an introductory speech of the WTO representative, who told about the history of the organisation, […]
For the past hundred years, Geneva has played the role of a leading European center of diplomacy. «The world’s largest center of multilateral diplomacy», «the capital of peacemaking», «the leading center of global governance» — the politicians do not shy away from the superlatives when describing the impact of Geneva on the international policy making process. The European Office of the United Nations has its headquarters in Geneva with 36 other international organizations, such as the World Trade Organization, and approximately 700 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as 179 diplomatic missions.