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Switzerland has been a member of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) since 1996, then of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), and has obediently followed US and EU orders to support sanctions against the Russian Federation, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Syria and many other countries. It also relays the positions of the USA and the EU in support of the crimes committed by Israel.
NATO should have been dissolved after the dismantling of the Warsaw Pact in 1991, thoroughly reformed and placed under the authority of the UN Security Council and its Military Staff Committee (Articles 46 and 47 of the Charter).
The opening of a NATO office in Geneva would be a further step in the abandonment of Swiss neutrality, calling into question the role and credibility of Switzerland and the International Geneva in their mediation and good offices initiatives, notably as host state to the United Nations, while also affecting the ability of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to be perceived as an impartial actor in its field operations. The motto of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969, is Si vis pacem, cole justiciam (“if you want peace, cultivate justice”).
The Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI) and the Asociación Española para el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos (AEDIDH) declare their firm opposition to the project to establish a NATO liaison office in the Maison de la Paix in Geneva.
Geneva, June 20th, 2024
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April 30th is an important date in American politics. This is the day 100 for the American President in the White House, and all attention will be on the reports of his achievements and failures. But nothing can be more critical than Peace…
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Russia’s invasion has made ordinarily outspoken critics of antisemitism wary of criticizing Ukrainian Nazi collaborators
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Richard Sakwa has for many years been one of the most distinguished and insightful observers of relations between the West and Russia, and one of the leading critics of Western policy. In this talk with Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute, Sakwa discusses his book, The Culture of the Second Cold War (Anthem 2025). The book examines the cultural-political trends and inheritances that underlie the new version of a struggle that we thought we had put behind us in 1989. Sakwa describes both the continuities from the first Cold War and the ways in which new technologies have reshaped strategies and attitudes.
