Under Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for Technical Affairs Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Kathiri, who is heading the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the 8th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), (...)
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for Technical Affairs Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Kathiri, who is leading the Saudi delegation to the 8th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) taking place here, said the (...)
Member states welcomed Russia as the 154th country to join of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ahead of a formal accession ceremony due to take place in Geneva later on Friday, as dpa reported.
At the WTO's minister-level meeting, (...)
Swiss airports canceled or diverted dozens of flights as a winter storm brought hurricane-force winds and heavy snowfall to parts of the Alpine nation, as AP reported.
Zurich airport saw over 100 flights canceled Friday. Delays were expected to (...)
The United Nations refugee agency says it is trying to quickly relocate some 20,000 refugees from a camp in South Sudan, fearing they will be caught up in fighting with Suda, AP reported.
Spokeswoman Melissa Fleming says "there are huge fears of (a (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has warned of the potential that new gene assembly technology could be used by terrorist to create biological weapons.
Hillary Clinton says the emerging gene synthesis industry offers benefits to (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed concern on continuing violence in Syria and the increase in number of martyrs due to bloody incidents there.
In a speech before the extraordinary meeting of the Human Rights Council on Syria, Dr. Abdulwahab (...)
AlHijjah 27, 1432, Nov 23, 2011, SPA -- Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached a record high and the rate of increase is accelerating, UPI quoted the U.N.'s Swiss-based weather agency as saying.
The World Meteorological Organization's (...)
AlHijjah 14, 1432, Nov 10, 2011, SPA - The World Trade Organization's working group approved documents on Thursday that set out the terms for Russia's accession to the 153-member trade body.
"It has been a long journey, but today Russia has taken a (...)
AlHijjah 13, 1432, Nov 9, 2011, SPA -- Russia and Georgia have signed an agreement, which removes the latest obstacle for Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Russian chief negotiator Maxim Medvedkov told Itar-Tass.
Russia and (...)
AlQa'dah 28, 1432, Oct 26, 2011, SPA -- Chaired by the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Abdulaziz bin Shafi Al-Otaibi, the participants in the meetings of WTO's Arab Group, which were (...)
AlQa'dah 27, 1432, Oct 25, 2011, SPA - US and North Korean negotiators met in Geneva Tuesday for second day of talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme, which US officials late Monday said were moving in a "positive direction."
"We have had a good (...)
AlQa'dah 26, 1432, Oct 24, 2011, SPA - U.S. and North Korean diplomats began talks Monday on Pyongyang's nuclear program, the second direct encounter between the two sides in less than three months.
Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. top envoy on (...)
AlQa'dah 18, 1432, Oct 16, 2011, SPA -- Switzerland's leading chocolate makers are trying to convince their countrymen to embrace quality over quantity, according to AP.
The chocolatiers from around the Alpine nation have gathered in Geneva to show (...)
Inter-Parliamentary Union commended the decision of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on granting Saudi women the right to be members of Majlis Al-Shura and to vote and stand as candidates in Municipal (...)
The Swiss Television said that the decision of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in his address to Majlis Al- Shura yesterday on the participation of Saudi women in Majlis Al-Shura as members as of the next (...)
UBS AG said Thursday that a rogue trader has caused an estimated loss of $2 billion to the Swiss bank, and warned that it could report a loss for the entire third quarter as a result, according to AP.
The announcement sent UBS shares plummetting (...)
Saudi Red Crescent Authority has participated in the annual meeting of legal advisors of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies which was held recently in Geneva.
The Authority's delegation was headed by Prince Bandar bin Faisal bin (...)
Switzerland's president and foreign minister said Wednesday that she will bow out of politics at the end of the year, closing a long public career marked by her active foreign policy and dashes of controversy, according to AP.
Micheline Calmy-Rey, (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia proceeded to the 17th rank in the international competitiveness for 2011 after its last year's 21st. place, it was reported here today.
The report, which was issued by the Geneva-based International Economic Forum, (...)
The United States was entitled to impose extra safeguard duties on imports of Chinese tyres, the World Trade Organization's top court said on Monday, upholding a ruling made in December 2010, according to Reuters.
The United States imposed the 35 (...)
The U.N. weather agency says the likelihood has increased of La Nina conditions occurring during the remaining months of 2011, potentially prolonging the drought in the Horn of Africa.
The La Nina phenomenon is associated with cooler sea surface (...)
The Human Rights Council condemned in its 17th emergency session here today the situations of human rights in Syria with a vote of majority of 33 countries in favor, four against including Cuba, China, Russia and Ecuador, and Nine abstentions.
The (...)
The Human Rights Council started here today its 17th emergency session to discuss the situation of human rights in Syria.
The session was held at the request of Poland on August 17 and signed by four Arab countries in addition to the United States (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hoped that the special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Syria which was held in Geneva today will contribute to the improvement of the situation in Syria, will end the suffering and bloodshed of the (...)
