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L’Appel de Genève a le plaisir d’accueillir Alain Délétroz, son nouveau directeur général
Changement à la direction de l’Appel de Genève : après 17 ans en tant que Présidente Exécutive, la co-fondatrice, Elisabeth Decrey Warner quittera ses fonctions fin décembre 2017. Elisabeth avait lancé l’Appel de Genève en 2000 avec une équipe réduite et engagée. Ensemble ils ont fait de l’Appel de Genève une organisation reconnue, bien établie […]
Geneva Call welcomes Alain Délétroz, its new Director General
Change of leadership at Geneva Call: after 18 years as Executive President, co-founder Elisabeth Decrey Warner will move on at the end of December 2017. Elisabeth began with a very small, dedicated staff team in 2000, and together they built up Geneva Call into the well-established and respected organization it has become today. The staff […]
Western Sahara: monitoring the destruction of 2,446 stockpiled anti-personnel mines by the Polisario Front
On 3 November 2017, Geneva Call monitored the destruction of 2,446 stockpiled anti-personnel (AP) mines by the Sahrawi Mine Action Coordination Office (SMACO) in accordance with Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment banning AP mines signed by the Polisario Front in 2005. The event took place near Tifariti in the presence of the Polisario authorities, representatives […]
DR Congo: interview with two former child soldiers: “Fighting was beyond my capacities”
Alphonse and Clovis were younger than 15 years old when they joined the combatants of two different armed groups in North Kivu, a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Following humanitarian negotiations with Geneva Call, the commanders of these groups came to realize that using children during military operations was prohibited, and they […]