The 8.2 earthquake, the most powerful in a century, that struck off the South of Mexico has severely damaged thousands of buildings, including homes, schools, government offices and hospitals.Thousands of already vulnerable families have been left homeless and are in urgent need of assistance.  As a show of solidarity, the Mexican colleagues in UNOG decided…

With children back at school, we would like to update you on our meeting last month with the Association genevoise des écoles privées, which includes international schools. During the meeting we discussed the impact that changes to the education grant and Geneva post adjustment would have on staff. According to our calculations, those changes will…

Thank you for coming to the World Humanitarian Day commemoration event on Monday, where we were able to remember colleagues who lost their lives in service to the UN. This year’s theme for the day was “Not a Target”. Please find here the statement from staff unions. We would like to remind you to sign the petition…

We are pleased to inform you that we have secured crèche places specially negotiated for UN staff,  in Geneva (Champel – Menthe à l’eau) and Nyon (Eysins- Terre-bonne).  For more details:  http://www.popepoppa.ch/en/index.php. For a pre-registration: http://form.popepoppa.ch/?lang=en. In the section “Company partnership”, select ONU.  Please note that the Council does not assume any responsibility for the relation…