A foreign ministry spokesman, confirming a report in Le Matin Dimanche newspaper, added that the ministry was creating 25 posts for the UN mandate. The CHF24.5 million – four-fifths of which is to be redistributed within the foreign ministry – is to be raised between 2020 and 2025.
Switzerland’s candidacy for one of the ten non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council was officially submitted in 2011. The Security Council consists of 15 members, five of whom are permanent.
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Too small to succeed? Switzerland’s candidacy for the UN Security Council
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Two decades after joining the UN, Switzerland now has its sights on a seat on the Security Council.
So far, Malta and Switzerland are competing for the two non-permanent seats that will become vacant in the Western regional group. The election will take place in June 2022.
At the end of October, the government presented the Swiss candidacy in New York with the slogan “A Plus for Peace”. A non-permanent seat on the highest UN body would enable Switzerland to “defend its foreign policy objectives and share its experience as a bridge-builder”, the government said.
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Swiss candidacy for UN Security Council moves ahead
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Switzerland’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2023-4 has officially entered its final phase.
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Switzerland merits seat on UN Security Council, says minister
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Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis says Switzerland deserves a non-permanent seat on the Security Council in 2023-2024.
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