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Power inequalities are still a major problem in development cooperation. Change is under way where decolonization is seriously being promoted.

The Energy Charter Treaty protects companies that invest in fossil fuels. A growing number of countries are withdrawing from it, while Switzerland continues to thwart the energy transition.

In mid-July, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka like a hounded dog, but he returned at the beginning of September. For almost two decades, he and his brothers have determined the country's fate with an iron fist.

Former National Councillor Regula Rytz continues her engagement on the international stage, as the new President of Helvetas. She sees today's multiple crises as an opportunity for global cooperation.

What the Federal Council and corporate lobbies are portraying as innocuous support for the shipping industry could prove the biggest tax loophole for Swiss commodities groups and circumvent the new OECD minimum tax.

Latin America has had enough of the inequality, injustice and corruption of right-wing governments that ignore the real needs of their people, writes Guatemalan journalist Mariela Castañón.

In late May, public prosecutors in Frankfurt searched the offices of Deutsche Bank and its asset management subsidiary DWS. The reason was presumed greenwashing practices. Time to ensure greater clarity in also Switzerland.

Corona, climate and conflict are now exacting their price: the UN observes that for 90 per cent of all countries, the "Human Development Index" will decline for 2020 or 2021. During the global financial crisis, just one in ten countries was affected.

The problem is not the United Nations, but the pursuit of self-interest by Member States. A case for values-based and human-centred multilateralism.