Twenty years after its adoption, the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms remains a founding and landmark text, as it affirms and acknowledges the crucial importanc…
I have the honour to inform the Council today about my recent visit to Burundi, which I undertook in my capacity as Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) from 5 to 9 November. As per established practice, for this statement I have consulted with and received the ap…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this very relevant open debate. Close cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union is vital from the viewpoint both of strengthening African peacekeeping operations and of the impact that such cooperation can have on sustaining peace. I…
The Swiss delegation would like to thank Mexico for its commitment to this agenda item and for its leading role in encouraging discussion on a major topic of our times.
The way we use new technologies for the benefit of all, but also how we think and act with a view to achieving greater and more sy…
Terrorism continues to wreak havoc, spreading destruction, fear and hate throughout the world. The growing number of victims on every continent is a constant reminder that the scourge concerns us all. Switzerland condemns in the strongest terms the horrendous and unacceptable acts of violence commit…
Allow me to begin by echoing the sentiments expressed by our colleague from Brazil this morning, as well as my hope that the rather low attendance at this morning’s meeting does not reflect on our common effort to implement our common strategy to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. We clearly need to…
At the outset, allow me to commend and thank Ambassador Boukadoum and Ambassador Petersen for their leadership of the negotiation process resulting in the adoption this afternoon of resolution 72/279, which is of crucial importance for all of us. I also thank and congratulate the Secretary-General, …
I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of the members of the Group of Friends on 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, Urug…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate on the working methods of the Security Council. I also thank Mr. Ian Martin, Executive Director of the Security Council Report, for his excellent briefing this morning. We are grateful to him and his team for the work they are doing in relatio…
We thank you, Mr. President, for having launched this debate. We share the conviction that we must confront
emerging problems at an early stage and that the greatest insecurity arises when risks accumulate.
It is not enough to enumerate the different phenomena and negative trends. We need to discu…
I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of Zambia and my own country, Switzerland.
Before I begin, I would like to recognize the presence of Mr. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and to thank him for the excellent work and tireles…
I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of members of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uru…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
I am pleased to take the floor on behalf of the 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, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and my own co…
