Rarely has the density of politically tense votes in Geneva-based multilateral organisations been as high as in recent weeks. The Xinjiang report by the office of the outgoing High Commissioner for Human Rights sent waves, but Russia continues to be in the spotlight in many fora, including in the Human Rights Council. It is clear what unequal partners Russia and China have become in their influence among international organisations in Geneva. The Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union laid out important plans in terms of personnel and content. Meanwhile, day-to-day business continued: WTO is trying to leverage the momentum of the ministerial conference but is facing old challenges. At the WHO, talks on a future pandemic agreement are taking shape. Various actors from the humanitarian sector gave sobering assessments about the current situation.
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