"Financial Times": With global trade turmoil, Geneva struggled to stay "desk" For global diplomacy

The Financial Times mentioned & quot; British, in its Sunday edition that with global trade turmoil, tyranny crawls, and relief organizations are damaged by US financing discounts, officials of about 450 international agencies based on the future of the city are feared as a basic pillar in global policy.

& nbsp; Geneva is based in its headquarters and possesses and develops other hotels and real estate in Switzerland and abroad – his saying: & quot; the world changes every day now, people need meeting and discussion, we see this in our hotels and restaurants, and although Geneva is still a place to exchange information, but what worries us is the extent of the picture after six months & quot;

and the residents of the second largest city confirm that Switzerland confirms that Geneva plays a decisive role in the global system, as it hosted historical peaks during the Cold War and a meeting between former US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin in 2021 and negotiations that laid the basis for the Iranian nuclear agreement for the year 2015.

City mayor Sami Kanaan – in a special statement to & quot; Financial Times & quot; – & quot; We have a saying here that New York is the restaurant for the United Nations, but Geneva is the kitchen .. real work – often behind the scenes – is done in Geneva & quot;

Kanaan added that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Geneva -based World Health Organization that has a wave of warning bells .. & quot; We have faced crises before, but I do not think that we faced this level of complexity and urgency & quot; .. He said. The American discounts led to the demobilization of employees and the reduction of budgets of bodies, starting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the arrival of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The World Health Organization plans to reduce the number of its employees and reduce its scope of work, while the United States has stated that the World Trade Organization and others & quot; under review & quot;

added & quot; Financial Times & quot; The United States is not the only one that gives up humanitarian work, as countries throughout Europe are witnessing a campaign of dramatic armament as the United Kingdom has reduced its development budget for its financing .. Even the neutral Switzerland raised the ceiling of its defensive spending by billions Some global geopolitical patterns reflect, especially after China began playing a larger role while the United States is declining .. Beijing is expected to contribute to more than five United Nations budget for the first time this year. About $ 2.4 million & quot; For the Geneva -based NGOs, but we cannot bear all the responsibility of these organizations & quot;

for its part, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reduced the costs by 30% at its headquarters in Geneva and in regional offices, which led to a reduction in the number of senior employees to half, according to an email directed to all employees seen on it & quot; Financial Times & quot; Last week .. The United Nations is likely to lose thousands of employees, and many of them in Geneva. Geneva has large banking sectors and the trade of basic commodities and luxury watches in a way that enhances its economy, but diplomacy and aid constitute the essence of its identity .. Many Geneva residents are concerned about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosting peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, considering this as evidence of their failure to knee while some have already accepted their decline in their role in the next world and advised the need to reconsider what they must preserve. & nbsp;

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