Report: Switzerland Still tops in Global Competitiveness

Switzerland ranks as the world’s most competitive country for the seventh year in a row, followed by Singapore and the United States, according to a World Economic Forum report released Tuesday. Rounding out the top 10 in the Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 were Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. African countries held up the bottom of the rankings of 140 countries. The report said countries that fail to embrace the structural...

Read complete article

~	UN rights experts urge Iran to immediately release British-Iranian citizen after fresh charges

~	In Blaustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a threat in today's world

~	In Blaustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a threat in today's world

~	In Balustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a threat in today's world

~	Strong civil society can push back against 'major attack' on human rights, says senior UN rights official

~	In Balustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a 'threat' in today's world

~	Iran: UN rights experts urge country to halt imminent execution of juvenile Amirhossein Pourjafar

~	UN rights experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenile Amirhossein Pourjafar

~	General Assembly elects new members to UN Human Rights Council

~	UN General Assembly elects new members to the Human Rights Council