Switzerland thanks China for organizing this open debate, and the speakers for their contributions.
“There is no peace without development, there is no development without peace, and there is no lasting peace or sustainable development without respect of human rights and the rule of law.”
Jan Elia…
This debate is taking place on a historic day for Switzerland. Member States have entrusted us with a mandate to serve on the Security Council for the first time, and therefore to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security. We warmly thank the members of the General Assembly f…
I am honoured to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, a cross- regional network of 27 Member States.
We thank the United States for organizing this important debate, and the briefers for their contributions.
As the report of the Secreta…
Switzerland sponsored and joined the consensus on resolution 76/264 on the state of global food insecurity, and we welcome its adoption. Since global food security is a major concern for Switzerland, even beyond today’s resolution, I would like to make the following additional remarks.
Today’s nume…
We have a number of proposals before us for the organization at the first session of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes. Switzerland thanks the Dominican Republic for dr…
Switzerland thanks Mexico for organizing today’s debate.
The diversion and illicit proliferation of arms and ammunition fuel conflicts around the world. To ensure the protection of civilians, humanitarian personnel and peacekeepers, as well as a lasting peace, we must all contribute to preventing i…
I have the honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement of His
Excellency Mr. Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation.
Switzerland welcomes the consensus adoption of resolution 75/201, on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture. The consensus reached by Member States is vital to the resolution, which provides the main reference framework for the General Assembly and the Security Council in taking…
The disaster of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated existing humanitarian crises in the world’s most fragile and vulnerable countries. In recent months, the United Nations system as a whole has mobilized and responded rapidly to reduce the humanitarian impact of the pandemic,…
Switzerland would like to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for her intervention (see A/75/ PV.21). We greatly appreciate her commitment and congratulate her on the work she has done over the past year, despite the special circumstances arising from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) p…
