Artificial intelligence (AI) has had a major impact on United Nations diplomacy over the past two years and has also marked Switzerland’s term as an elected member of the Security Council. The impact of that technology on the maintenance of international peace and security is a pertinent and timely …
I want to thank Ms. Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Ms. Lewis for their briefings. I would particularly like to thank the Sultan of the Masalit community for sharing his personal testimony with us.
When Switzerland first a…
Seventy-five years ago the Geneva Conventions were adopted in the wake of the horrors of the Second World War. “Our most fervent wish would be that they would
never have the opportunity to be applied”, declared Max Petitpierre, former President of the Swiss Confederation and President of the Diplom…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for facilitating this meeting, attended by many ministers and representatives of countries affected by the hostilities in the Middle East. Their participation testifies to the international community’s determination to find a solution to this crisis. Time is…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate. We also thank the Secretary- General, the President of the General Assembly, the co-Chair of the International Law Commission’s Study Group on sea level rise in relation to international law and Ms. Coral Pasisi for their b…
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?…
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General for his note of 22 October on global health and foreign policy (A/65/399). It shows that health is a major theme of foreign policy today and a key factor in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also points to the need for greater cooperati…
Switzerland would like to explain why it abstained in the voting on draft resolution A/65/L.74, entitled “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia”.
Switzerland, in keeping with its policy framework, would recall th…
