Geopolitics

Switzerland urged to officially renounce nuclear weapons

A decommissioned Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile in Arizona

This content was published on Nov 28, 2022 Political and humanitarian actors have called on Switzerland to sign the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

refugees in Ethiopia from the war in the north

International Geneva

How the war in Ukraine fuels underfunding for other crises

This content was published on Nov 28, 2022 UN refugee agency UNHCR says it is facing an unprecedented funding gap this year. The situation is similar for other aid agencies.

Maurine Mercier avant un de ses duplex télévisés en Ukraine.

Foreign Affairs

‘You can’t cover a war from afar,’ says Swiss reporter in Ukraine

This content was published on Nov 27, 2022 The Kyiv correspondent for Swiss public television RTS, Maurine Mercier, has won two awards this autumn for her humane coverage of the war.

Pascale Baeriswyl, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland prepared for UN Security Council, says Ambassador

This content was published on Nov 25, 2022 The Swiss ambassador to the United Nations says Switzerland is well prepared to take its Security Council seat next year.

International Geneva

Human Rights Council condemns Iran violence, sets up probe

This content was published on Nov 25, 2022 The UN Human Rights Council has condemned ongoing violence in Iran, and voted to set up an independent probe.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland returns confiscated cultural artefacts to Mexico

This content was published on Nov 24, 2022 The Federal Office of Culture has handed over two archaeological cultural objects to Mexico that had been confiscated in a criminal investigation.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss Solidarity raises over CHF7 million for Horn of Africa

This content was published on Nov 24, 2022 Swiss Solidarity received donations of more than CHF7 million ($7.4 million) on a nationwide collection day for famine victims in East Africa.

US ambassador Scott Miller with students

Foreign Affairs

‘If I’d had an apprenticeship offer, I’d have taken it’: US ambassador

This content was published on Nov 24, 2022 Scott Miller explains why he would like to see Swiss-style vocational training take off in the United States.

Foreign Affairs

Government wants to extend Swisscoy mission to 2026

This content was published on Nov 23, 2022 If parliamentarians agree, Switzerland’s contribution to the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo will be extended by another three years.

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