Switzerland would like to thank the core group and the facilitator from South Africa for their efforts to bring the negotiations on resolution 71/159, “Global health and foreign policy: health employment and economic growth”, to completion.
While the Swiss delegation did not want to block the conse…
Of the many challenges the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has had to face this year, I would like to highlight in particular the topic of nuclear security. Our response to this challenge can be successful only if we address nuclear security through a comprehensive and exhaustive approach.…
Humanitarian needs continue to grow year after year. The fundamental rules of international humanitarian law are being violated as never before. The number of people forcibly displaced, to escape violence or natural disaster, has reached a record high. Humanitarian workers are regularly the target o…
Switzerland thanks you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on water, peace and security, and for bringing this important issue to the attention of the Security Council. We welcome Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Mr. Danilo Türk, Chair…
Switzerland welcomes the imminent adoption of draft resolution A/71/L.17, which will lead to a closer cooperation between the United Nations and
INTERPOL in combating transnational crime and other security challenges.
In today’s armed conflicts, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish…
Switzerland would like to thank the President for convening this meeting on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council. We would also like to thank Ambassador Jinga and Ambassador Khiarie for ha…
Switzerland wishes to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for introducing the Council’s report (A/71/53). We express our gratitude and congratulations for his commitment during his presidency of the Council over the past year. He bore particularly great responsibility during this tenth a…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, for presenting the Court’s report (see A/71/342) this morning and commend her and her team for the excellent work that they have been doing in the Court, which is at the h…
We thank the Russian Federation for having convened this debate, and the Secretary-General and the two briefers for their unflagging commitment to this issue.
When it comes to peacebuilding, the international community’s record this past year is uninspiring. Not since 1945 have there been so many d…
My delegation would like to thank President Lykketoft for convening this debate on such a crucial topic. We are dismayed by the elevated and growing number of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed during field missions and by the persistence of the most egregious forms of such acts.…
Switzerland thanks the Malaysia presidency for the organization of this open debate, as well as the briefers for their instructive briefings.
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Graça Machel report (see A/51/306), which described the impact of armed conflict on children and alerted the…
I thank the Japanese presidency of the Council for having convened this discussion. In my intervention, I will focus on three aspects that I believe to be particularly important to peacebuilding: national ownership; coherence among international, regional and national actors; and the role of the Uni…
I am pleased to take the floor in my capacity as Coordinator of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) Group.
As you mentioned, Mr. President, it has been 10 years since the adoption of presidential note S/2006/507. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the improvements in the Counci…
On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, we gather here today to assess both the progress and the challenges in its implementation. Switzerland strongly condemns all deliberate attacks against civilians and terrorism in all its forms and manifestat…
I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of members of the Group of Friends of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, namely, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Uruguay …
They did not know it was impossible so they did it, said Mark Twain. Imagine being told that it was impossible to be cured, that having contracted a virus amounted to a death sentence, the only responses being closed doors and no after no. What should one do? Sometimes in life, it becomes necessary …
Switzerland wishes to thank the French presidency for having organized this debate and welcomes the latest report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2016/361) and its recommendations.
Switzerland would like to emphasize three elements: first, protection challenges in th…
Switzerland welcomes today’s unanimous adoption of resolution 70/262, on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture. Today’s adoption highlights our collective commitment to a stronger and more comprehensive vision of peacebuilding. Over the past decade, substantive progress has bee…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this important debate, which comes at a timely moment.
Within the framework of the ongoing reviews of peacekeeping operations, peacebuilding and resolution 1325 (2000), a broad debate has been developing around the potential of the United Nations and its vario…
Switzerland wants to thank the President for organizing this debate and welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 70/254, on the Secretary- General’s Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism. The adoption of that resolution will make it possible for us to respond to the Secretar…
