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Geneva refugee convention marks 50 years

This content was published on Jul 30, 2001 In a statement to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on July 28, 1951, the Council said it had lost none of its significance over the years and had made it possible for countless numbers of persecuted people to begin a new life in a safe environment. But it said the Convention…

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Poll reveals progression of Swiss Radical Party

This content was published on Jul 29, 2001 The poll, carried out for the paper by the Isopublic research institute, asked interviewees who they would vote for if parliamentary elections were to take place on the following Sunday. The results, based on 581 valid questionnaires, showed that 24.2 per cent of people would vote for the Radical Party. This represented a 2.2 per…

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Deadlock continues over Switzerland’s use of German airspace

This content was published on Jul 26, 2001 As a result, the remaining controversial issues must now be re-examined by Switzerland’s transport minister, Moritz Leuenberger, and his German counterpart, Kurt Bodewig. During the latest negotiations, Germany insisted that once the number of flights was reduced, there should be no means of turning back. However, Swiss negotiators rejected this demand. They argued that Zurich…

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Swiss “worried” by US refusal to ban germ warfare

This content was published on Jul 25, 2001 Thomas Faessler, the Swiss representative at the UN meeting, said the US position threw into doubt its “desire to shoulder their share of responsibility when it comes to multilateral cooperation”. The US announced on Wednesday that it was turning down a compromise plan to enforce a 30-year ban on these weapons. “In our assessment, the…

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Switzerland welcomes new global warming pact

This content was published on Jul 23, 2001 “The Bonn decision opens the way to ratification of the Kyoto Protocol for Switzerland,” said Leuenberger, who is also environment minister. The Swiss cabinet is expected to introduce the ratification process in 2002, he added. Leuenberger called the treaty adopted by the conference in Bonn more “modest” than Switzerland’s position. Because of a Swiss law…

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Switzerland disappointed at UN small arms accord

This content was published on Jul 22, 2001 The head of the Swiss delegation attending the conference, Raimund Kunz, said the accord brokered on the final day of meetings fails to address the “main problems concerning small arms”. “I regret that the accord contains so little that is concrete,” Kunz said at the end of the meeting. “We would have liked to see…

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Leuenberger wraps up Baltics visit

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 In a joint statement made at the end of the mini-summit, the two leaders declared that Switzerland and Lithuania “would follow different foreign policies but nonetheless shared common goals”. Adamkus also called for further cultural and economic exchange between the two countries. “Switzerland is the eighth largest foreign investor in Lithuania,” he said, “but we…

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Lausanne welcomes Rogge

This content was published on Jul 20, 2001 Samaranch was unable to attend Friday’s symbolic handing over of the keys to the IOC’s lakeside headquarters after he was admitted to hospital on Tuesday night for extreme fatigue. But observers say his influence will continue under Rogge`s presidency. Rogge himself has indicated that he will carry on where Samaranch left off. “My daily and…

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Ogi left in the cold as Olympic Committee enters new era

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 On Monday, Ogi failed in his bid to become Switzerland’s sixth representative at the IOC. In what is being widely interpreted as a rebuff to the outgoing IOC president, Samaranch, committee members voted by 59 votes to 46 against Ogi’s candidacy. Samaranch had earlier pleaded with members to accept the nomination before the vote took…

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Fall of France saved Switzerland from Nazi invasion

This content was published on Jul 14, 2001 In his book “Hitler und die Schweiz” (“Hitler and Switzerland”), Stefan Schäfer examines documents stored in the Federal Archives and in the German Military Archives containing details of a planned attack, which he believes posed a serious threat to Switzerland’s independence. According to Schäfer, a historian from the Martin Luther University in Germany, one of…

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