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Charity promotes democracy in El Salvador

This content was published on Mar 12, 2006 The non-governmental organisation, Swiss Labour Assistance (SLA), has long been helping to promote gender equality and empower unions and farmers groups. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is also active in El Salvador, providing humanitarian aid. Parliamentary and municipal elections took place on Sunday and follow on from the victory of Tony Saca…

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Earthquake survivors start to head home

This content was published on Mar 9, 2006 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) said on Thursday that the mild winter, coupled with the huge international aid operation, had averted fears of a second wave of deaths. “The exceptionally mild winter helped a lot and spring has come maybe one month early,” said Edwin Brunner, the SDC’s humanitarian aid coordinator in…

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Women stumble on path to the top

This content was published on Mar 8, 2006 Although some progress has been made, women are still struggling to break through the glass ceiling in politics and business. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said there were now 11 women heads of state or government worldwide and three countries, Chile, Spain and Sweden, had gender parity in government. But the overall rate of progress…

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Bern assures support for rebuilding Liberia

This content was published on Mar 7, 2006 Leuenberger made the assurance after holding talks with the West African country’s new president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who was in Switzerland on Tuesday. “I’m very happy that the president of Liberia has come here, underlying the importance I attach to developing ties with Africa during my presidency this year,” Leuenberger told a media conference. Leuenberger went…

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Defence minister completes Asian tour of duty

This content was published on Mar 4, 2006 His Asian visit allowed him to broach strategic cooperation with the Chinese as well as delve into the difficult relationship between North and South Korea. Schmid’s three days on the Korean peninsula were mainly spent learning more about the fragile ties between the North and the South, according to the Swiss ambassador in Seoul, Christian…

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Swiss hold out hope for UN human rights body

This content was published on Mar 3, 2006 Her comments on Friday in Geneva follow Washington’s announcement earlier this week that it would vote against the latest draft for the body, claiming it is seriously flawed. Calmy-Rey, who admitted in a speech on Thursday that the US and Switzerland did not see eye-to-eye on human rights, reiterated that the proposed council was the…

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Calmy-Rey repeats call for stronger US ties

This content was published on Mar 2, 2006 Calmy-Rey said though that there remained a number of issues on which Switzerland and Washington did not see eye-to-eye, in particular human rights. The foreign minister, in a speech delivered to the Swiss Friends of the USA association in Zurich on Thursday, admitted that a mooted free trade agreement between the two countries was no…

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Asylum seekers face longer stays in transit

This content was published on Mar 1, 2006 Voters are likely to have the final say later this year on tightening the asylum laws. Under the plan adopted by the government on Wednesday, asylum seekers can now be held in the five registration and transit centres at the country’s borders for up to 60 days, instead of 30 days, before being transferred to…

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Schmid seeks increased dialogue with Beijing

This content was published on Feb 28, 2006 He made the statement at the end of a three-day visit to Beijing where he held talks with President Hu Jintao and the Chinese defence minister, Cao Gangchuan. Tuesday’s meeting with Hu had not been expected. Media reports said the Chinese president used the opportunity to attack a decision by Taiwan, announced on Monday, to…

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Swiss undeterred by splits over UN rights body

This content was published on Feb 28, 2006 The US has stated it will vote against the latest blueprint for the Human Rights Council unless negotiations are reopened to address what it considers serious deficiencies. On Monday John Bolton, US ambassador to the UN, described the draft resolution unveiled last Thursday as unacceptable. He wants tougher mechanisms for keeping countries with poor human…

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