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Pascale Baeriswyl
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For the first time, Swiss foreign policy strategy is to be "inspired" by the report of an expert group, which included businesses and think-tanks as well as government people. The person in charge of writing the new strategy is State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Pascale Baeriswyl. In an exclusive interview, she talked about this task, and her upcoming new role at the UN in New York. 

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