interviews with Swiss people in key international roles
You may not know it, but there are quite a number of Swiss people working in important international positions. swissinfo.ch talks to four of them: UN Special Envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener (pictured above); UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer; EFTA Secretary General Henri Gétaz; and UN gender equality expert Patricia Schultz.
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Julia is a widely travelled British radio and print journalist, specialized in African affairs and transitional justice.
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