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Swiss stock market gains from US interest rate cut

The financial markets in Europe and the United States have reacted with price gains to the interest rate turnaround initiated by the US Federal Reserve. With a cut of 50 basis points, the US monetary authorities opted for the "big" option. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to market observers, the only time in the past 20 years that such a large cut had been made was during the global financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. + How stock market volatility impacts the Swiss franc This also gave the Swiss stock market a tailwind. However, gains in this country crumbled in the afternoon - the heavyweights and with them the defensive nature of the local market put the brakes on the Swiss Market Index (SMI). The leading Swiss index gained 0.6% to 12,058 points. Other European indices such as the DAX in Frankfurt (+1.5%) and the FTSE100 in London (+0.9%) closed more strongly in positive territory. In the US, the Nasdaq technology index in ... https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/banking-fintech/us-federal-reserve-ensures-gains-on-the-swiss-stock-market/87584536?utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o (Source of the original content)

Tumour irradiation, individualised daily

In the treatment of cancer patients, irradiation can be adapted anew each day to the position of the tumour and conditions in the body. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have now, for the first time, integrated such a workflow into everyday clinical practice in proton therapy – an important step in the individualisation of therapy. The study appeared yesterday in the scientific journal Physics in Medicine and Biology. https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-102515.html (Source of the original content)

22 new professors appointed at ETH Zurich and EPFL

At its meeting of 18/19 September 2024 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Martin Vetterli, the ETH Board appointed a total of 9 women and 13 men as professors and awarded the title of professor to two individuals and the title of Professor of Practice to three individuals. It also took note of the resignation of three professors and thanked them for their services. In the last 12 months, the ETH Board has made a total of 23 new appointments for women and 29 for men; the proportion of women among these new appointments thus amounts to 44%. https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-102497.html (Source of the original content)

The ETH Board appoints four new members of the EPFL Executive Board

The new members of the Executive Board have been appointed in connection with the inauguration of the new President of EPFL, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, as of 1 January 2025. In addition, the ETH Board has granted EPFL’s request to limit the number of students with foreign educational qualifications admitted to the Bachelor's degree programme. https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-102518.html (Source of the original content)

Appointment of EPFL professors

19.09.24 - The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL. © 2024 EPFL Professor Rolf Holderegger, currently Adjunct Professor at ETH Zurich, as Full Professor of Conservation Biology in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich and in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering at EPFL (ENAC) Since 2011, Rolf Holderegger has been Head of the Biodiversity and Conservation Biology research unit at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). In collaboration with partners such as the federal government, cantons and municipalities, he and his research unit develop scientific foundations for management strategies to protect biodiversity and natural resources in Switzerland and internationally. Rolf Holderegger was a member of the WSL Directorate from 2011 to 2023. He takes up the post of Director of WSL on 1 October 2024. © 2024 EPFL Professor Dimitrios Karampinos, currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, as Associate Professor of Electrical and Micro Engineering and Physics at the School of Engineering (STI) and the School of Basic Sciences (SB) Dimitrios Karampinos is an internationally recognized expert in body magnetic resonance imaging. His methods for magnetic resonance image acquisition and reconstruction, as well as signal modeling have been translated into clinical studies to improve the diagnosis and understanding of musculoskeletal disorders, metabolic diseases and body oncology. His expertise at the interface of electronic engineering and physics will contribute to strengthening EPFL as well as collaborations with scientific and clinical research partners. © 2024 EPFL Dr Federica Zeni, currently Economist at the World Bank in Washington D.C., USA, as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Finance at the College of Management of Technology (CDM) The main focus of Federica Zeni's research is on sustainable finance with particular attention to the topics of green securities, the effects of CO2 on firm’s green transition or the complementarity between environmental policies and sustainable finance in fostering the green transition. With her solution-oriented approach, mathematical background and deep insight into the political dimensions of sustainable finance, Federica Zeni enriches research into climate finance, corporate finance and environmental economics at EPFL. © 2024 EPFL Dr Yujia Zhang, currently Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Electrical and Micro Engineering at the School of Engineering (STI) Yujia Zhang’s research activities focus on controlling the movement and concentration of ions for the creation of synthetic devices interfacing with the living matter. Yujia Zhang has already made major contributions in the fields of micro and nano bio manufacturing, implantable and degradable devices, and biomaterials. His expertise will strengthen EPFL visibility in the field of microsystems for the control and analysis of fluids and biological materials and will contribute to the development of interdisciplinary applications in these domains. Promotions at EPFL © 2024 EPFL Professor Maartje Bastings, currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at EPFL, as Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology (STI) Maartje Bastings is an internationally recognized expert in the field of DNA nanotechnology. She uses DNA to create nanomaterials that present exceptional precision and selectivity in functional interactions with biointerfaces. Besides providing fundamental insights, her research allows to develop materials that can function as specialized components in future diagnostics. She received an ERC Starting Grant in 2021. Through her activities, she will continue to strengthen quality… http://actu.epfl.ch/news/appointment-of-epfl-professors-136 (Source of the original content)

ETH Board appoints EPFL's new leadership team

19.09.24 - The ETH Board, which is the strategic management and supervisory body for the ETH Domain, today announced the unanimous appointment of EPFL’s next vice presidents, who will take up their positions on 1 January 2025 alongside EPFL’s president-designate Anna Fontcuberta i Morral. This announcement comes a day after Prof. Fontcuberta i Morral presented the nominees to the members of the ETH Board, who then had a chance to speak with those individuals. Four of the nominees are new to their position, while two others have had their terms renewed. The vice presidents will form, together with Prof. Fontcuberta i Morral, EPFL’s leadership team. Following this announcement, we spoke with the vice presidents about their goals and motivations in this role. Ambrogio Fasoli, Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPA) Ambrogio Fasoli 2024 EPFL / Nicolas Righetti - Lundi 13 - CC-BY-SA 4.0 “I’m really looking forward to working closely with Anna as EPFL’s provost. Together we will help our community achieve excellence in all its academic endeavors – which is the core of our School’s mission. If we’re to overcome the challenges that lie ahead, we will need to innovate in various ways, and this includes by trying out new forms of collaboration. For example, some VPA team members will also work for the office of the president.” Françoise Bommensatt, Vice President for Finances (VPF) Françoise Bommensatt 2024 EPFL / Nicolas Righetti - Lundi 13 - CC-BY-SA 4.0 “Research and education budgets are coming under increasing pressure these days, which makes it more important than ever before to find innovative and pragmatic ways for our School to keep pursuing its mission. This means continuing to meet our community’s needs while adapting to the complex environment in which we operate. I’m confident we can do that by engaging all stakeholders in an ongoing dialogue based on mutual understanding.” Edouard Bugnion, Vice President for Innovation and Impact (VPI) Edouard Bugnion 2024 EPFL / Nicolas Righetti - Lundi 13 - CC-BY-SA 4.0 “I intend to further EPFL’s efforts to forge links with the business world and society at large. That will help anchor our School’s – and Switzerland’s – position in a world where it’s crucial to remain at the cutting edge of technological innovation. Every innovation has an impact, and our task will be to ensure that our impact on society will be positive going forward. Matthias Gäumann, Vice President for Operations (VPO) Matthias Gäumann 2024 EPFL / Nicolas Righetti - Lundi 13 - CC-BY-SA 4.0 “My job entails running and cultivating smart, sustainable campuses where our community can study, research and innovate effectively, safely, and with the benefit of top-notch facilities and support – including our buildings, IT systems and food services. I take my responsibility towards our community very seriously. We have some major construction, renovation and digitalization projects in the works, which will make our campuses even better equipped to confront the challenges we’ll face in the coming years.” Stéphanie P. Lacour, Vice President for Support to Strategic Initiatives (VPS) Stéphanie P. Lacour 2024 EPFL / Nicolas Righetti - Lundi 13 - CC-BY-SA 4.0 “Investing my energy in a new vice presidency, the VPS, is a way of giving back to EPFL after all the opportunities it has given me since I arrived in 2011. I have a dynamic team, and we will work to support strategic, cross-cutting initiatives with an impact on major issues affecting society, the economy, science and the environment, such as in the areas of health technology, data science, artificial intelligence and sustainability. I’m excited to do that with our researchers and students, in close cooperation with Anna, Ambrogio and Edouard.” Marianne Wannier, Vice President for Human Development (VPH) Marianne Wannier 2024 EPFL / Nicolas Righetti - Lundi 13 - CC-BY-SA 4.0 “EPFL created the Vice… http://actu.epfl.ch/news/eth-board-appoints-epfl-s-new-leadership-team-2 (Source of the original content)

CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass

CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass The CMS experiment at CERN is the latest to weigh in on the mass of the W boson – an elementary particle that, along with the Z boson, mediates the weak force, which is responsible for a form of radioactivity and initiates the nuclear fusion reaction that powers the Sun. At a seminar held at CERN today, the CMS collaboration reported how it has analysed proton–proton collision data from the second run of the Large Hadron Collider, the Laboratory’s flagship particle accelerator, to make its first mass measurement of this fundamental particle. The result is the most precise measurement of the W mass made so far at the LHC, and is in line with the prediction from the Standard Model of particle physics and with all previous measurements, except the measurement from the CDF experiment at the former proton–antiproton Tevatron collider at Fermilab. In the Standard Model, the W mass is related closely to the strength of the interaction unifying the electromagnetic and weak forces and to the masses of the Higgs boson and the top quark, which constrain its value to 80353 million electronvolts (MeV) within an uncertainty of 6 MeV. Measuring the W boson mass with high precision therefore makes it possible to test whether or not these properties all align in a way that is consistent with the Standard Model. If they don’t, the cause could be new physics phenomena such as new particles or interactions. Since its discovery at CERN about 40 years ago, the W boson has had its mass measured ever more precisely by several collider experiments, including ATLAS and LHCb at the LHC. In 2022, a surprisingly high value of its mass measured by the CDF experiment plunged the particle into a “midlife crisis”. The CDF W boson mass, 80433.5 MeV with an uncertainty of 9.4 MeV, differed significantly from the Standard Model prediction and from the other experimental results, calling for more studies. In 2023, the ATLAS collaboration, which provided its first W boson mass measurement in 2017, released an improved measurement based on a reanalysis of proton–proton collision data from the first run of the LHC. This improved result, 80366.5 MeV with an uncertainty of 15.9 MeV, lined up with all previous measurements except the CDF measurement, which remains the most precise to date, with a precision of 0.01%. The CMS experiment has now contributed to this global endeavour with its first W boson mass measurement. The keenly anticipated result, 80360.2 with an uncertainty of 9.9 MeV, has a precision comparable to that of the CDF measurement and is in line with all previous measurements except the CDF result. “The wait for the CMS result is now over. After carefully analysing data collected in 2016 and going through all the cross checks, the CMS W mass result is ready,” says outgoing CMS spokesperson Patricia McBride. “This analysis is the first attempt to measure the W mass in the harsh collision environment of the second running period of the LHC. And all the hard work from the team has resulted in an extremely precise W mass measurement and the most precise measurement at the LHC.” “W mass measurements are very challenging, involving delicate measurements and theoretical modelling of the production of the W boson and its decay into a lepton (here, a muon) and a neutrino that escapes detection,” explains incoming CMS spokesperson Gautier Hamel de Monchenault. “By exploiting the ability of the CMS detector to measure muons with high precision and using the latest and most advanced theoretical ingredients, some of which were tested by a cross-checking analysis, we attained this record level of precision.” The result showcases once again the exceptional performances of the LHC and its detectors, which continue to push the precision frontier and put the Standard Model and its extensions to ever more stringent tests. Further data from the… https://home.cern/news/press-release/physics/cms-experiment-cern-weighs-w-boson-mass (Source of the original content)

Economic forecast: Below-average growth, inflation lower than previously expected

The Federal Government Expert Group on Business Cycles continues to expect Switzerland's economic growth in 2024 to be considerably below average (GDP adjusted for sporting events: 1.2%, unchanged from previous forecast). As global economic conditions gradually improve, a moderate acceleration in growth is anticipated for 2025 (1.6%; June forecast: 1.7%).* Inflation is expected to continue to fall. https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-102496.html (Source of the original content)

Beleaguered Swiss watch industry calls for political support

The watch industry in Switzerland is going through difficult times. Global demand for Swiss watches is falling and the strong franc is putting pressure on manufacturers. The industry is sounding the alarm. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In a joint press release issued on Tuesday, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) and the Confederation of Watch Industry Employers (CP) called on the authorities to support the export industry. Concrete measures are needed to strengthen the competitiveness of the watch industry and preserve the economic stability of the export industry. + Chinese slump hits luxury watch industry At present, suppliers and manufacturers of timepieces in the lower and medium price segments are suffering most from the market downturn and the strong franc, it said. Lay-offs have started The consequences for the industry are serious, the industry associations continued. Of the 700 companies with around 65,000 employees, many have ... https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multinational-companies/swiss-watch-industry-demands-support-from-politicians/87563173?utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o (Source of the original content)

Hero takes over British food brand Deliciously Ella

The Swiss food group Hero is taking over the Deliciously Ella brand founded by well-known food blogger Ella Mills. The company did not disclose the purchase price for the British firm. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Deliciously Ella sells vegan bars, granola, nut mixes and crackers, among other things. Hero hopes the takeover will enable it to enter the British snack market. However, the UK is not new territory for the Swiss group: it is already present in the country with Organix, a brand for baby food. The Deliciously brand has seen "rapid growth" since it was founded in 2016. The takeover will now enable the company to reach "millions more customers around the world". Food blogger and entrepreneur Ella Mills and her husband Matthew, CEO of the company, will reportedly remain with the company and "lead the next stage of growth". Best-selling debut cook book Ella Mills, who was called Woodward at the time, started a blog with plant-based recipes in ... https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multinational-companies/hero-takes-over-british-food-brand-deliciously-ella/87563761?utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o (Source of the original content)

FINMA imposes heavy penalties on private bank Mirabaud

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has taken action against Geneva-based private bank Mirabaud & Cie, accusing it of having “failed in its obligations to combat money laundering”. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The regulator imposed a series of measures and ordered the bank to review its business relationships. The bank “has seriously infringed the rules of financial market law”, said FINMA in a statement on Tuesday, when it closed an in-depth investigation into Mirabaud & Cie. Mirabaud & Cie “did not sufficiently verify and document the economic background of business relationships and transactions” that it carried out. + Money laundering reports rise in Switzerland The origins of this case date back to 2010, according to FINMA. Since then, Mirabaud had maintained “several business relationships with companies and complex structures likely to be directly or indirectly linked” to a businessman, now deceased, accused of tax evasion. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/banking-fintech/finma-imposes-heavy-penalties-on-mirabaud/87569278?utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o (Source of the original content)

LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet

LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet Quantum entanglement is a fascinating feature of quantum physics – the theory of the very small. If two particles are quantum-entangled, the state of one particle is tied to that of the other, no matter how far apart the particles are. This mind-bending phenomenon, which has no analogue in classical physics, has been observed in a wide variety of systems and has found several important applications, such as quantum cryptography and quantum computing. In 2022, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for groundbreaking experiments with entangled photons. These experiments confirmed the predictions for the manifestation of entanglement made by the late CERN theorist John Bell and pioneered quantum information science. Entanglement has remained largely unexplored at the high energies accessible at particle colliders such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In an article published today in Nature, the ATLAS collaboration reports how it succeeded in observing quantum entanglement at the LHC for the first time, between fundamental particles called top quarks and at the highest energies yet. First reported by ATLAS in September 2023 and since confirmed by two observations made by the CMS collaboration, this result has opened up a new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics. "While particle physics is deeply rooted in quantum mechanics, the observation of quantum entanglement in a new particle system and at much higher energy than previously possible is remarkable,” says ATLAS spokesperson Andreas Hoecker. “It paves the way for new investigations into this fascinating phenomenon, opening up a rich menu of exploration as our data samples continue to grow." The ATLAS and CMS teams observed quantum entanglement between a top quark and its antimatter counterpart. The observations are based on a recently proposed method to use pairs of top quarks produced at the LHC as a new system to study entanglement. The top quark is the heaviest known fundamental particle. It normally decays into other particles before it has time to combine with other quarks, transferring its spin and other quantum traits to its decay particles. Physicists observe and use these decay products to infer the top quark’s spin orientation. To observe entanglement between top quarks, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations selected pairs of top quarks from data from proton–proton collisions that took place at an energy of 13 teraelectronvolts during the second run of the LHC, between 2015 and 2018. In particular, they looked for pairs in which the two quarks are simultaneously produced with low particle momentum relative to each other. This is where the spins of the two quarks are expected to be strongly entangled. The existence and degree of spin entanglement can be inferred from the angle between the directions in which the electrically charged decay products of the two quarks are emitted. By measuring these angular separations and correcting for experimental effects that could alter the measured values, the ATLAS and CMS teams each observed spin entanglement between top quarks with a statistical significance larger than five standard deviations. In its second study, the CMS collaboration also looked for pairs of top quarks in which the two quarks are simultaneously produced with high momentum relative to each other. In this domain, for a large fraction of top quark pairs, the relative positions and times of the two top quark decays are predicted to be such that classical exchange of information by particles traveling at no more than the speed of light is excluded, and CMS observed spin entanglement between top quarks also in this case. “With measurements of entanglement and other quantum concepts in a new particle system and at an energy… https://home.web.cern.ch/news/press-release/physics/lhc-experiments-cern-observe-quantum-entanglement-highest-energy-yet (Source of the original content)

LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet

LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet Quantum entanglement is a fascinating feature of quantum physics – the theory of the very small. If two particles are quantum-entangled, the state of one particle is tied to that of the other, no matter how far apart the particles are. This mind-bending phenomenon, which has no analogue in classical physics, has been observed in a wide variety of systems and has found several important applications, such as quantum cryptography and quantum computing. In 2022, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for groundbreaking experiments with entangled photons. These experiments confirmed the predictions for the manifestation of entanglement made by the late CERN theorist John Bell and pioneered quantum information science. Entanglement has remained largely unexplored at the high energies accessible at particle colliders such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In an article published today in Nature, the ATLAS collaboration reports how it succeeded in observing quantum entanglement at the LHC for the first time, between fundamental particles called top quarks and at the highest energies yet. First reported by ATLAS in September 2023 and since confirmed by two observations made by the CMS collaboration, this result has opened up a new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics. "While particle physics is deeply rooted in quantum mechanics, the observation of quantum entanglement in a new particle system and at much higher energy than previously possible is remarkable,” says ATLAS spokesperson Andreas Hoecker. “It paves the way for new investigations into this fascinating phenomenon, opening up a rich menu of exploration as our data samples continue to grow." The ATLAS and CMS teams observed quantum entanglement between a top quark and its antimatter counterpart. The observations are based on a recently proposed method to use pairs of top quarks produced at the LHC as a new system to study entanglement. The top quark is the heaviest known fundamental particle. It normally decays into other particles before it has time to combine with other quarks, transferring its spin and other quantum traits to its decay particles. Physicists observe and use these decay products to infer the top quark’s spin orientation. To observe entanglement between top quarks, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations selected pairs of top quarks from data from proton–proton collisions that took place at an energy of 13 teraelectronvolts during the second run of the LHC, between 2015 and 2018. In particular, they looked for pairs in which the two quarks are simultaneously produced with low particle momentum relative to each other. This is where the spins of the two quarks are expected to be strongly entangled. The existence and degree of spin entanglement can be inferred from the angle between the directions in which the electrically charged decay products of the two quarks are emitted. By measuring these angular separations and correcting for experimental effects that could alter the measured values, the ATLAS and CMS teams each observed spin entanglement between top quarks with a statistical significance larger than five standard deviations. In its second study, the CMS collaboration also looked for pairs of top quarks in which the two quarks are simultaneously produced with high momentum relative to each other. In this domain, for a large fraction of top quark pairs, the relative positions and times of the two top quark decays are predicted to be such that classical exchange of information by particles traveling at no more than the speed of light is excluded, and CMS observed spin entanglement between top quarks also in this case. “With measurements of entanglement and other quantum concepts in a new particle system and at an energy range… https://home.cern/news/press-release/physics/lhc-experiments-cern-observe-quantum-entanglement-highest-energy-yet (Source of the original content)

How the meat lobby tries to influence climate policy in Switzerland

An investigation by Swiss public television, RTS, has put the spotlight on Switzerland's meat lobby and its attempts to influence climate policy by downplaying the role of livestock farming in global warming. Who is the meat lobby? At first glance, only two parliamentarians are directly linked to the industry’s two main umbrella organisations: Proviande, which represents major producers and distributors like Migros and Coop, and the Union Professionnelle Suisse de la Viande (Swiss Meat Trade Association), the political arm of the meat industry. However, an investigation by Swiss public television, RTS, uncovered far more extensive connections. Based on publicly available data, a well-established network was revealed, linking 27 agricultural organisations and businesses, particularly those involved in meat production, with 16 members of parliament. Additionally, there are indirect ties to two other parliamentarians. CHF10 billion in sales “The meat industry is well represented in ... https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/meat-lobbys-influence-in-switzerland-and-global-climate-debate/87543361?utm_source=multiple&utm_campaign=swi-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=o (Source of the original content)

Sanctions: Ordinance on Measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

The UN sanctions committee has amended the list of sanctioned individuals, companies and organizations. The SESAM database has been updated accordingly. On 4 March 2016 the Federal Council has adopted the Ordinance on the automatic application of the UN Security Council’s sanctions lists. Hence, the amendments of the UN Security Council’s sanctions lists enter into force in Switzerland without delay. https://www.seco.admin.ch/sanktionen-nordkorea (Source of the original content)

Administrative assistance in accordance with FATCA: notification of receipt of FATCA group requests pursuant to Article 12 paragraph 1 FATCA Act and publication of final decrees pursuant to Article 5 paragraph 3 letter b of the FATCA Agreement

The Federal Tax Administration has published FATCA group requests pursuant to Article 12 paragraph 1 FATCA Act and final decrees pursuant to Article 5 paragraph 3 letter b of the FATCA Agreement. https://www.estv.admin.ch/estv/en/home/international-fiscal-law/administrative-mutual-assistance/administrative-assistance-fatca/notifications-fatca-18-09-2024.html (Source of the original content)

Can the UN's Summit for the Future tackle today’s toughest challenges?

Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/915097/open_sms) This month the United Nations (UN) will host the ‘Summit of the Future’ in New York. What's the point of this high-level event? Inside Geneva investigates. “The UN is not an entity that does anything. I mean, we can all blame it, but what is the UN? It’s just the sum of its parts: the governments,” says Christiane Oelrich, journalist for the DPA German Press Agency. Is the UN’s 1945 structure even fit for purpose? “Historically the UN for many people is still associated with the West. And the question of including the global south still haunts the UN,” continues analyst Daniel Warner. Does the UN have an answer to today’s brutal, intractable conflicts? “Since World War Two there have been plenty of conflicts, but what we have seen in the last three or four or five years is the use of aggression and violence as an instrument of foreign policy. Yes, that’s right,” says Nick Cumming-Bruce, contributor for the New York Times. Can more peaceful nations rescue the UN’s purpose? “The fact that some countries follow the path of aggression doesn't mean that all the rest of the world has to talk about failure now,” adds Oelrich. And is the summit a gamble for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres? “We should tip a hat to Antonio Guterres for even trying to do this given all of the stuff that's going on,” says Imogen Foulkes, Inside Geneva presenter. Join us on Inside Geneva to find out more about what we can expect from this summit. Get in touch! • Email us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) • Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/) please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/) Host: Imogen Foulkes (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/) Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain (https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/) Distribution: Sara Pasino (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/) Marketing: Xin Zhang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVDir9jtyjU (Source of the original content)

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