Interview with Peter Schmitz, Chief of Staff, United Nations Mission in Haiti

For quite a long time, Haiti was known to be a chaotic country with lots of problems and a complete absence of government and governmental institutions. However, since the UN mission was set up, things have significantly improved, and we were curious to know more about what the UN has really done. So, during his...

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The father of modern Geneva James Fazy (1794-1878)

The way Geneva looks and functions today is in part due to the actions of James Fazy in the twenty years between 1841 and 1861. Fazy was a statesman whose list of accomplishments is extraordinary : he founded the newspaper Journal de Gen ?ve ; he encouraged new industries and banks ; he laid the foundations for the public...

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