Once again, the past year has been very important for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The challenges facing the IAEA are no less important. Switzerland would like to underline three.
First, Switzerland welcomes the fact that, unlike last year, the IAEA General Conference in September…
I have the honour to make this statement following the adoption of resolution 66/292, on behalf of Iceland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland. We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having postponed the date for the adoption of this resolution, which has given us more time t…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Government of Brazil for its excellent hosting of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and for its decisive role in the summit’s success. Furthermore, my thanks and congratulations also go to the two co-Chairs of the process, Amba…
Switzerland abstained from the voting on resolution 66/283, which was introduced by the representative of Georgia and entitled “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia”.
As a constant in our policies, Switzerland r…
At the outset, we thank the Secretary-General and the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force for this year’s report on the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/66/762).
The challenges are manifold. Terrorists continue to attack our societies and our values.…
I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians, which is composed of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Switzerland as the Chair.
I would like t…
On behalf of the group of five small States (S-5) — Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singapore and Switzerland — I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/66/L.42/Rev.2, submitted under agenda item 117, “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”.
When our leaders were united her…
I would like to thank the President for organizing today’s debate on the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/66/675). Before going into the substance of my remarks, I should like to follow the example of my Belgian colleague and thank the outgoing Chairperson
of the Peacebuilding Commi…
Switzerland has always defended the vision of a world in which human rights are not only universally respected, but also universally observed. That is why we are convinced that effective and credible instruments to monitor human rights agreements are necessary.
It is indisputable that human rights …
Mr. President, I welcome your initiative in convening this meeting, and I appreciate the frank and open briefing of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Since the Human Rights Council’s eighteenth special session, held in December 2011, on the human rights situation in the Syrian …
We thank the Secretary-General for his report on global economic governance and development (A/66/506*), which provides a useful basis for our discussion. As a member of the Global Governance Group, we are naturally in full support of the statement to be made shortly by the representative of Singapo…
Switzerland thanks the Secretary-General for his excellent reports on strengthening the coordination of the emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (A/66/81, A/66/332, A/66/339 and A/66/357). In particular, we applaud his conclusions and recommendations, and would like to focus on th…
Switzerland reaffirms its support for the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development.
In the context of a financial crisis that is increasingly limiting traditional financing mechanisms, new ways should be explored to improve access to finance for developing countries…
Switzerland welcomes this opportunity for the General Assembly to debate jointly a number of issues that are usually addressed separately. In fact, all of the issues under discussion should enable us to answer two key questions. How can United Nations activities on the ground be made more effective?…
Mr. President, in my personal capacity, I would like to express my pleasure in seeing you preside over the Security Council and also in seeing someone wearing a bowtie as President of the Council.
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the group of five small nations (S-5), comprising Costa Ric…
I have the honour of addressing the Security Council on behalf of the informal group of like-minded countries, which have taken a specific interest in strengthening fair and clear procedures for targeted sanctions and in making United Nations sanctions regimes more effective. This group is comprised…
I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of the group of friends on the protection of civilians, which comprises Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay and Switzerl…
The first goal set down in the Charter of the United Nations, in Article 1, paragraph 1, is the maintenance of international peace and security. According to Article 24, paragraph 1, of the Charter, the primary responsibility for that mission is conferred on the Security Council, which must act on b…
Switzerland would like to focus its remarks on what, in our view, was the key issue before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in recent months, namely, the nuclear accident at Fukushima.
As that event demonstrated, such disasters have transboundary and multidimensional consequences, and …
Last year, when we were assembled here in the Chamber to commemorate the tenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), I mentioned that I had travelled to Burundi to meet with women’s peace organizations whose peaceful demonstrations had a significant impact in limiting violence during the elections …
