Compliance risks are manifold and they occur on a day to day basis in the con-stantly changing business landscape. The Global Compliance Forum run by DC Business Ambassador Dr. Thomas Durchlaub has set itself the tasks to comprehinsively process the numerous compliance risks om-nipresent in daily economic life for DC-members and other relevant financial actors.

The Diplomatic Council sees the Internet of Things as more than technology – it sees it as a driver for change in humankind’s livelihood.

The Internet of Things forms the bridge between the digitization of the world and everyday reality and therefore represents a fundamental evolution with consequences for the future of civilization that cannot yet be predicted. The Commission on Science and Technology of the United Nations, therefore, adopted key issues such as the Internet of Things and Big Data in its 2030 Agenda.

A plea on the significance and change in the Chemical industry by Dr. Holger Bengs, Diploma Chemist and Entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Managing Director of BCNP Consultants, Initiator of the European Chemistry Partnering (ECP) to promote business exchange between investors and decision makers in and around Chemistry and the Chemical industries and Diplomatic Council Member since 2014.

For peace to be achieved among societies, it needs to start within families and individuals.

This talk of Albert Frantz at the Diplomatic Council session on the Geneva Peace Week is a personal story of international adoption, reproductive technology, and how a family torn apart by domestic violence intensified the search for identity. Albert Frantz argues that identity is a fundamental human right protected by the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and that laws need to fully honor both nature and nurture.

Presentation by Diplomatic Council Member Dr. Andrew Chi at the United Nations Geneva Peace Week in November 2018