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No Swiss military observers in Sudan

This content was published on Feb 23, 2002 Oswald Sigg, spokesman for the defence ministry, told the Swiss daily newspaper “TagesAnzeiger” such a mission would be impossible without a mandate from the United Nations (UN) or the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Last month Switzerland hosted US mediated talks between the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and Sudanese officials in…

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Missile Base

This content was published on Feb 22, 2002

Swiss stand sentinel on last Cold War divide

This content was published on Feb 21, 2002 Security in the four-kilometre wide strip between the two Koreas has been tight since the September 11 attacks, and especially this week during a visit by President George W Bush. For the five Swiss observers stationed in the zone, Bush’s presence served as a reminder that the border lies at the “heart of global geo-politics,”…

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Poll shows UN supporters gaining ground

This content was published on Feb 20, 2002 The poll, carried out by the GFS institute, shows that 54 per cent of voters now approve UN membership, while 37 per cent oppose it. Nine per cent of those questioned were still undecided. Compared with the results of a similar survey carried out by the GFS institute on behalf of the German-language national television,…

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Swiss to open aid office in Kabul

This content was published on Feb 18, 2002 The announcement comes a week after a delegation visited the city to assess the security situation on the ground. Despite recent tensions, including last week’s killing of Afghanistan’s civil aviation minister, Abdul Rahman, the SDC insists the time is right to open an office to coordinate Swiss humanitarian work in the region. “One can never…

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Swiss delegation investigates human rights in Chiapas

This content was published on Feb 17, 2002 The eleven-strong delegation will meet government representatives and Zapatista rebels in an effort to facilitate dialogue between the two sides. They will also meet civilians in order to assess human rights conditions in the region. The eastern state has been plagued by unrest since an uprising in 1994, when 10,000 civilians revolted against the Mexican…

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Switzerland exhibits its diplomatic gifts

This content was published on Feb 17, 2002 Nearly all the exhibits on view at the Kunstmuseum in Thun were presented to Swiss federal government ministers and officials while on official visits abroad or when receiving their foreign counterparts in Bern. Some stand out as works of art – although there are one or two objects which come dangerously close to qualifying as…

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Swissaid targets social injustice

This content was published on Feb 14, 2002 But anyone expecting a poster campaign featuring the legendary Swiss freedom fighter shooting an apple off his son’s head is in for a surprise. Swissaid has commissioned Indian artists to paint Asian, African and Latin American versions of Tell’s son with tropical fruit rather than an apple as the crossbow target. The artists, from the…

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No to UN would be “incomprehensible”, says Annan

This content was published on Feb 13, 2002 “I would be extremely disappointed if the Swiss people voted against joining the UN, because Switzerland has already contributed heavily to our efforts,” he said from UN headquarters in New York in an interview with French-speaking Swiss television. “The whole world is present in the UN. Can [Switzerland] really stay on the sidelines of the…

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Swiss in Kabul to consider new aid office

This content was published on Feb 12, 2002 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the organisation which coordinates Switzerland’s overseas aid programmes, said the move would ensure closer cooperation with other international aid agencies and humanitarian organisations already based in the city. “I’m very optimistic because it looks like everybody is moving up there,” said the SDC’s Hans Ulrich Salzmann, who…

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