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Aid agency pledges flexibility to tackle crisis
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But its top official says that Switzerland is ready to tackle the challenges through increased international cooperation and to continue its programmes in the developing world and emerging countries. Martin Dahinden, head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) admitted that the SDC’s annual budget of SFr1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) and its institutional…
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But speaking before the annual conference of the humanitarian aid unit of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Calmy-Rey employed imagery from a long-standing conflict. “We were all shocked to see these images,” the foreign minister said in Bern against a backdrop of images from January’s conflict in the Gaza Strip. Apart from…
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recommends that Switzerland should aim for 0.5 per cent of its Gross National Income (GNI) for aid despite financial constraints. Eckhard Deutscher of the OECD Assistance Committee, who presented the findings of the report in Bern on Monday, listed six positive aspects and six critical points. Switzerland…
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Children in the poor townships of South Africa’s fifth’s biggest city enjoy their favourite sports thanks to joint efforts by several non-governmental organisations. (Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch, translated from French)
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