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ICRC wants to speed up aid to Pakistan

This content was published on Nov 7, 2005 ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger said the victims needed urgent help before the onset of winter in the region. Kellenberger, who returned from a three-day fact-finding mission to Pakistan, said it was essential to make full use of the coming weeks. “The priority is to provide assistance to the people so they can stay in their…

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Swiss take centre stage at chemical conference

This content was published on Nov 7, 2005 It possesses a highly respected laboratory in Spiez, canton Bern, which contributes to the reduction of the threat of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Switzerland aims to play a leading role in negotiations at the tenth conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which opens on Monday in The Hague. The…

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Swiss president and his party at loggerheads

This content was published on Nov 6, 2005 The People’s Party president, Ueli Maurer, has harshly criticised Schmid’s suggestion that cabinet ministers should distance themselves from their parties. Speaking in the Sunday newspaper, SonntagsZeitung, Maurer said it was the duty of government ministers to remain loyal to their parties. If Schmid, Maurer warned, refused to represent the core values of the party going…

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Swiss demand more transparency at UN

This content was published on Nov 5, 2005 But the United States and Russia – both on the Security Council – dismissed the Swiss draft resolution, fearing a weakening of their influence. Peter Maurer, Switzerland’s ambassador to the UN in New York – together with colleagues from Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein and Singapore – handed the proposal to all UN member states on…

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Austrian war children return to Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 4, 2005 The ceremony was attended by the Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, and her Austrian counterpart, Ursula Plassnik. Addressing the now elderly Austrians who took part in the project and members of their Swiss host families, Calmy-Rey said children were still the innocent victims of war. At the end of the Second World War, the Swiss…

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Young Swiss seek political recognition

This content was published on Nov 4, 2005 Although previous efforts to influence political decision-making have had little impact, they are determined to keep up the pressure. Young parliamentarians are looking at new ways of making their mark on politics, spokesman Christoph Musy said on Friday. The youth parliament has been in session since Thursday. The participants, ranging in age from 14 to…

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Mine clearers halt work in Sudan after ambush

This content was published on Nov 3, 2005 The Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) said it did not know who was behind the attack earlier this week on a convoy of workers. The FSD said that a mine clearance team working for the United Nations World Food Programme’s road reconstruction and rehabilitation programme was ambushed on Monday. The workers had been on…

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ICRC president visits earthquake region

This content was published on Nov 1, 2005 He said food and accommodation must be provided so that people affected by the earthquake on October 8 can remain near their villages. “A further break-up of community life would make the psychological trauma that these people have suffered even worse,” Kellenberger said. “Our top priority now is saving lives and protecting existing livelihoods during…

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North African refugees helped to return home

This content was published on Nov 1, 2005 But it decided not to expel rejected Iraqi asylum seekers, who will be allowed to stay on in Switzerland temporarily. The Swiss programme for North Africans will run until October 31, 2007 and is aimed at around 2,400 nationals from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania who applied for asylum in Switzerland before November 1,…

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Historic SMS vote deemed ballot box success

This content was published on Oct 30, 2005 More than 11 per cent of the electorate used the Short Messaging System (SMS) to cast their vote in a local poll on Sunday. The ballot is part of a series of trials in several regions of the country to introduce e-voting nationwide. Officials said 445 citizens of Bülach – or 11.6 per cent –…

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