Switzerland thanks the facilitator of the negotiating process for having reached a hard-won consensus on this resolution on the organization of the High-level Meeting on Youth, which is of special importance given the role played by young people in events of recent weeks in several countries around …
I would like to thank the Arab and African States that took the initiative of submitting to the General Assembly resolution 65/265 suspending Libya’s membership rights in the Human Rights Council, of which Switzerland was a sponsor. The resolution implements paragraph 14 of resolution S-15/2 adopted…
The proclamation on 28 July 2010 by the General Assembly, in its resolution 64/292, of the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights was a historic step with respect to the issue of water
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My delegation thanks the President of the Human Rights Council for his report (A/65/53). Given that the Council is a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly, Switzerland believes that the plenary is the appropriate place to become familiar with it and to act.
The Council’s balance sheet is impress…
Switzerland supports the process aimed at promoting the right to water and access to sanitation for all, which we believe arises from the international instruments guaranteeing human rights. We would therefore like to send a positive signal to that end, which justifies our vote in favour although we…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the members of the cross-regional Platform for Human Rights Education and Training, namely, the delegations of Costa Rica, Italy, Morocco, the Philippines, Senegal, Slovenia and Switzerland. Our Platform is an informal cross-regional grouping of …
My delegation wishes to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for the report on the Council’s activities (A/64/53). It lists the outcomes of two regular sessions — including more than 40 resolutions and 32 decisions on universal periodic reviews — and four special sessions, one of which wa…
We thank the Philippines and Pakistan for having worked to convene this meeting. We would also like to thank the Secretariat and the representatives of civil society for the excellent preparation of this High-level Dialogue.
As a meeting point of diverse cultures and religions, Switzerland has had …
