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Economic development key to human rights, Swiss president says

This content was published on Mar 30, 2001 “A world of glaring inequalities and growing poverty cannot be a world at peace,” Leuenberger said. “The right to development is an integral part of human rights.” “Rich countries bear a special responsibility in the face of this immense poverty,” he said, adding that protectionism, unequal trade, low levels of investment and cooperation did not…

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Swiss to speed up processing of asylum seekers

This content was published on Mar 29, 2001 Spokesman, Dominique Boillat, said the new procedure would include a more thorough interviewing process at points of entry, as well as improved methods of verifying the legitimacy of an asylum seeker. “More and more people are coming to Switzerland without a true asylum motive but because they are seeking work,” Boillat told swissinfo. Under the…

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Annan holds out hand to Switzerland ahead of UN vote

This content was published on Mar 29, 2001 Annan told a news conference he would say nothing while in Switzerland which could influence the vote, but added that “if the Swiss people vote ‘yes’ they would be welcomed with open arms into the United Nations”. He praised Switzerland’s role in UN agencies and as a host for UN institutions, as well as the…

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Venezuela protests at Swiss arms embargo

This content was published on Mar 29, 2001 Speaking in Bern on Thursday, the Venezuelan commercial attaché, Magda Ruizpineda, said the Swiss ban was unjustified, and there were no grounds for believing that the weapons would wind up in the hands of Colombian guerrillas. Her comments come after the government announced that it had refused permission to a Swiss firm, which wanted to…

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Report blames lack of leadership for failure of Expo.01

This content was published on Mar 28, 2001 The embarrassing public debacle over the collapse of the initial project was the result of “irresponsibility at all levels,” according to Michel Béguelin, vice- president of the senate committee investigating Expo.01. “Nobody had any idea of the complexity of a project of this kind at the time it was conceived,” he added. Switzerland’s national exhibition…

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Annan urges Swiss business to help fight poverty

This content was published on Mar 28, 2001 Annan said that despite increasing globalisation, “a large proportion of the world’s population is still denied prosperity owing to hunger, illness, violence or a lack of education.” He said many leading Swiss companies had already responded to the Global Compact between the UN, the private sector and civil society, which he first proposed at the…

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Book provides profile of a spontaneous ex-cabinet minister

This content was published on Mar 28, 2001 Entitled “Dölf a dit…Dölf hat gesagt…” (Dölf has said…) the book was compiled by Claude Gerbex and Claude-Henri Schaller while they were working as official spokesmen for the then Swiss president, Adolf Ogi, last year. The Swiss presidency is a rotating post which each of the seven cabinet members holds for one year at a…

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Switzerland forced to climb down over Jerusalem office

This content was published on Mar 27, 2001 Deiss held talks with the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, on Monday, and said “only one sentence” had been spoken about the office during the meeting. However, after the talks, Sharon’s office issued a statement describing the bureau’s presence in east Jerusalem as “contrary to the Oslo peace accords” and a “problem”. Deiss attempted to…

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Deiss urges Israel to respect human rights

This content was published on Mar 26, 2001 Deiss held talks with Sharon and Peres on the final day of a his trip to the region, during which he visited Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. During his meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Deiss urged Sharon to ensure that Israel respected international treaties governing human rights. He also asked Sharon to allow aid…

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Deiss urges Israeli PM to respect human rights

This content was published on Mar 26, 2001 Deiss said he had also asked Sharon to make sure that aid organisations working in the Palestinian territories were allowed to carry on the work without interference. He was addressing journalists after an hour-long meeting with Sharon in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. Sharon made no comment on the meeting, but Deiss said that the…

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