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Swiss keep faith with the UN

This content was published on Sep 11, 2007 But it is also aware of the UN’s lack of clout when faced with its more powerful members and the increasing ideological gap between richer and poorer countries. “The UN, like other international organisations, is currently going through a difficult patch,” says Victor-Yves Ghebali, emeritus professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.…

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People’s Party becomes political black sheep

This content was published on Sep 10, 2007 The new, aggressive tone from the party ahead of October’s elections has come under fire both at home and abroad. But this may well have boosted the party’s prospects. The message from Switzerland’s largest party – one of the four main political parties – is simple and repeated mantra-like: there is too much welfare abuse…

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UN membership: what was all the fuss about?

This content was published on Sep 10, 2007 Yet while public support for membership has strengthened over the past five years, more and more people are turning against the idea of sending Swiss troops on UN peace missions. In March 2002 a nationwide vote saw 55 per cent of the electorate come out in support of Switzerland joining the world body, and approval…

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The way into the United Nations

This content was published on Sep 7, 2007

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Election campaign focuses on cabinet seats

This content was published on Sep 6, 2007 The debates focus on the controversial justice minister, Christoph Blocher, and claims by the Green Party for a seat in the seven-member Swiss cabinet. Blocher’s rightwing Swiss People’s Party launched a widely publicised campaign in the press about an alleged plot by other major political parties to throw its best-known politician out of the cabinet.…

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Justice minister faces political fallout

This content was published on Sep 6, 2007 Blocher has been accused in the Swiss press of plotting to oust Valentin Roschacher. On Thursday newspapers called for greater transparency and clear facts. Roschacher resigned as chief prosecutor in July last year following criticism of his conduct. Several newspapers have accused Blocher of being involved in a plot to remove Roschacher to protect a…

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Gotthard railway line

This content was published on Sep 6, 2007

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Special forces unit swings into action

This content was published on Sep 5, 2007 Since August 1, Switzerland has had its first fully operational professional elite special forces unit, known as DRA10.

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Swiss expertise to aid Sudan peace efforts

This content was published on Sep 5, 2007 The cabinet said it would post a small team of advisors in the area, specialising in fields including international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict and democratic control of the armed forces. The two-year old peace deal was built on the foundation of a 2002 ceasefire which was signed by the conflicting parties in…

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Geneva talks end in North Korea nuclear deal

This content was published on Sep 2, 2007 The deal came during two-days of talks between top US and North Korean negotiators in the Swiss city of Geneva. “North Korea will provide a full declaration of all their nuclear programmes and will disable their nuclear programmes by the end of 2007,” said US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill on Sunday. Hill thanked…

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