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24.02.2020 Article

Trip to promote multilateralism – Foreign Minister Maas in Geneva

From human rights to global health, multilateral cooperation is at the heart of Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’s visit to Geneva. After co-opening the 43rd session of the HRC, Maas will attend a meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism with focus on combatting impunity for international crimes.

Lake Geneva at dawn
12.02.2020 Article

European Parliament approves free trade agreement with Viet Nam

Thanks to the most ambitious free trade agreement with an emerging economy to date, industrial tariffs between the EU and Viet Nam will soon be eliminated. In addition, the agreement sets down binding high standards for climate change mitigation, employee rights and fair competition.

Container ship on the Saigon River, Viet Nam
06.11.2019 Article

Monitoring of the National Action Plan (NAP)

Within the scope of a monitoring process being carried out between 2018 and 2020, the German Government is reviewing to what extent companies based in Germany are meeting their due diligence obligations anchored in the NAP. The first interim report is now on the table.

NAP monitoring: a closer look at the corporate world
05.11.2019 Article

Protecting human rights in global supply chains

The German economy is globally interconnected. It is important in this context that human rights are upheld in the supply chains. Experts are meeting at the Federal Foreign Office today to discuss how German embassies can support local companies in this Connection.

Workers in a textile factory - Vietnam
27.08.2019 Article

German companies abroad – the Federal Foreign Office offers support around the world

We are currently experiencing a resurgence of protectionism worldwide. Trade disputes between countries are on the increase. The dialogue between diplomacy and business is therefore more important than ever – especially for a country such as Germany with its strong export sector.

Over 1000 representatives from the business community accepted the invitation to the Business Forum of the Ambassadors Conference

Press releases

  1. 24.02.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on his visit to the Human Rights Council in Geneva

  2. 13.01.2020 Press release

    Minister of State Annen travels to India

  3. 12.12.2019 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the blocking of the WTO’s arbitration function

  4. 02.12.2019 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

  5. 08.11.2019 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler prior to her departure for Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

  6. 04.10.2019 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the decision by the US Government to impose punitive tariffs on imports from the EU following WTO ruling

  7. 26.09.2019 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Kofler prior to her departure for Costa Rica and Mexico

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