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UN sports advisor champions fair play

This content was published on Nov 17, 2007 In an interview with swissinfo, Ogi looks back on his time at the UN and talks about the positive role of sport. He assesses the Swiss political climate and says it’s time to get positive about the Euro 2008 football championships. Ogi’s international efforts have borne fruit. Over the past seven years the UN has…

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Swiss see mutual benefit in payments to new EU

This content was published on Nov 15, 2007 Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and Economics Minister Doris Leuthard were speaking at a conference on cooperation with eastern Europe on Thursday. The framework agreements for the contribution are expected to be ready for signing this year. The Swiss view on the benefits was shared by government representatives of the new European Union member states…

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Government puts arms exports to Pakistan on hold

This content was published on Nov 14, 2007 A cabinet statement on Wednesday said the move was being made because of the current political situation in the country. In September a group on the political left, judging the law on exports was not restrictive enough, handed in a people’s initiative calling for a total ban. For the third time in less than a…

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Blacklist procedures “violate human rights”

This content was published on Nov 12, 2007 It said the procedures used for blacklisting by the United Nations Security Council and the European Union were “totally arbitrary and have no credibility whatsoever”. “These procedures must urgently be overhauled to make them fairer,” said the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). The committee made its announcement after approving…

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Swiss judges human rights in European context

This content was published on Nov 11, 2007 A law professor, Malinverni tells swissinfo about the importance of the Strasbourg court, which monitors compliance of the European Court of Human Rights Convention in the 46 member states of the Council of Europe. Malinverni has been the Swiss representative at the court since the beginning of the year. In 2006 there were nine judgements…

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Swiss and Russians talk trade and cooperation

This content was published on Nov 9, 2007 Calmy-Rey also held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after which they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on deepening relations between the two countries. Concluding her two-day visit on Friday, Calmy-Rey – who is also the Swiss foreign minister – said she was “very satisfied” with the discussions and described the atmosphere as “open…

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When the army killed civilians

This content was published on Nov 9, 2007 The events that unfolded in Geneva 75 years ago were of a very different order from the riots which appalled the Swiss public in the run-up to October’s elections. They left 13 people dead and 65 injured, and called into question the way in which the authorities handled public disorder. This was the last time…

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Diamonds “no longer a rebel’s best friend”

This content was published on Nov 8, 2007 Switzerland, which in 2006 imported 207kg of diamonds valued at SFr2.2 billion ($1.8 billion), was one of 70 nations in Brussels at the annual conference of the Kimberley Process, the international scheme to end trade in conflict diamonds. “The conference was very successful and we made progress in a very broad range of areas,” Roland…

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Voter turnout 1919–2007

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