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Swiss president forced to miss meeting with Japanese emperor

This content was published on Jul 23, 2021 Technical issues with his plane meant Guy Parmelin was unable to meet Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday.

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Swiss and EU ministers have ‘good and friendly’ chat

This content was published on Jul 20, 2021 Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and the European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn have met in Brussels for informal exchanges.

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Knowledge, Treasures and Memories of the Rohingya

This content was published on Jul 19, 2021

Solima Khatun, a 120 year old refugee with young child

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Cultural memory centre seeks to preserve Rohingya heritage

This content was published on Jul 19, 2021 The IOM has launched a cultural memory centre to help preserve the heritage of Rohingya refugees and showcase their art.

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Diplomatic back channels: Switzerland represents US interests in Iran

This content was published on Jul 15, 2021 The rupture of diplomatic ties between the US and Iran in the wake of the Iranian revolution led Switzerland to represent US interests in Iran.

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Can WTO stop fishing subsidies and protect our marine environment?

This content was published on Jul 15, 2021 Every year, governments pay billions of dollars to their fishing industries to carry on fishing even though stocks are seriously depleted. The Geneva-based WTO is seeking an agreement to ban harmful fisheries subsidies, a main factor in overfishing.

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How do we make business respect human rights?

This content was published on Jul 13, 2021 Another long session of the UN Human Rights Council has ended in Geneva. The highlights, if we can call them that, have been country specific.

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Human rights: Holding businesses to account

This content was published on Jul 13, 2021 Ten years ago, the United Nations adopted a landmark set of guiding principles on business and human rights.

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Human rights: Holding businesses to account

This content was published on Jul 13, 2021 Ten years ago, the United Nations adopted a landmark set of guiding principles on business and human rights.

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Switzerland sends Covid medical assistance to Mongolia

This content was published on Jul 12, 2021 Swiss Humanitarian Aid has sent 40 respirators and 45 oxygen concentrators to Ulaanbaatar with a total value of around CHF850,000.

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