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Switzerland’s speeches and statements at the UN are compiled according to subject and the body they address, and are available in the original language version. With the menu item ‘select language’ you will find in many cases (unofficial) translations and other speeches in various languages.
- Sustainable development (95 Kb, pdf)
New York, 06 November 2012: 67th General Assembly, Swiss Statement - International Migration and Development (154 Kb, pdf)
New York, 18 October 2012: 67th General Assembly, Swiss Statement - Operational activities for development (146 Kb, pdf)
New York, 15 October 2012: 67th General Assembly, Statement by Mr. Pio Wennubst, Counsellor
- Towards global partnerships (32 Kb, pdf)
New York, 03 November 2011: 66th General Assembly, Statement by Mr. Pio Wennubst, Counsellor - Sustainable development (32 Kb, pdf)
New York, 31 October 2011: 66th General Assembly, Statement by Mr. Pio Wennubst, Counsellor - Operational activities for development (34 Kb, pdf)
New York, 12 October 2011: 66th General Assembly, Statement by Mr. Pio Wennubst, Counsellor - Moving towards Sustainable Development: Expectations from Rio+20 (33 Kb, pdf)
New York, 13 May 2011: 19th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
- Agriculture Development and Food Security (41 Kb, pdf)
New York, 28 October 2010: 65th General Assembly - Preventing and Combating Corrupt Practices (28 Kb, pdf)
New York, 20 October 2010: 65th General Assembly - Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed (28 Kb, pdf)
New York, 18 October 2010: 65th General Assembly - Macroeconomic Policy Questions (29 Kb, pdf)
New York, 11 October 2010: 65th General Assembly - High-Level Meeting as a Contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity (30 Kb, pdf)
New York, 22 September 2010: 65th General Assembly
- Follow-up to the Outcome of the Millennium Summit (15 Kb, pdf)
New York, 16 November 2009: 64th General Assembly - Legal Empowerment of the Poor and Eradication of Poverty (16 Kb, pdf)
New York, 22 October 2009: 64th General Assembly - Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development (66 Kb, pdf)
New York, 25 June 2009: 64th General Assembly
- Item 65 Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance of the UN ( (18 Kb, pdf)
New York, 10 November 2008: 63rd General Assembly - Item 51b International Migration and Development (16 Kb, pdf)
New York, 29 October 2008: 63rd General Assembly - Item 49 Sustainable Development (21 Kb, pdf)
New York, 27 October 2008: 63rd General Assembly - Operational Activities for Development (27 Kb, pdf)
New York, 15 October 2008: 63rd General Assembly - 10.06.2008: High Level Meeting on a Comprehensive Review of the Progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of Committment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS; Statement by H.E. Mr. Thomas Zeltner, State Secretary, Director Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland (31 Kb, pdf)
- 20.05.2008: ECOSOC Special Meeting on the Global Food Crisis; Statement by H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (27 Kb, pdf)
- 15.05.2008: Commission on Sustainable Development 16th Session, Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa, High Level Segment; Statement by H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (44 Kb, pdf)
- 07.04.2008: Informal Meeting "System Wide Coherence"; Statement by Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (20 Kb, pdf)
- 18.10.2007: Agenda Item 59b Operational Activities for Development Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review of Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System; Statement by Andreas Baum, Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (34 Kb, pdf)
- 19.11.2007: Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the United Nations; Statement by Andreas Baum, Deputy Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (26 Kb, pdf)
- 08.11.2007: Agenda Item 61 Towards Global Partnership; Statement by Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (37 Kb, pdf)
- 31.10.2007: Agenda Item 56c Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets, in particular to the countries of origin, consistent with the United Nations Convention against Corruption; Statement by Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (25 Kb, pdf)
- 29.10.2007: Agenda Item 54 Sustainable Development; Statement by Heidi Grau, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (38 Kb, pdf)
- 11.05.2007: CSD-15 Turning Committment into action; Statement by H.E. Mr. Thomas Kolly, Head of International Affairs Division, Federal Office for the Environment (16 Kb, pdf)
- 01.05.2007: Statement of Switzerland at the CSD-15 on Climate Change; Statement by Mr. Franz Xaver Perrez, Deputy Head of International Affairs Division, Feder Office for the Enironment (16 Kb, pdf)
- 30.04.2007: Opening Statement of Switzerland at the CSD-15; Statement by Mr. Franz Xaver Perrez, Deputy Head of International Affairs Division, Federal Office for the Environment (22 Kb, pdf)
- 06.12.2006: Item 51c External Debt Crisis and Development; Explanation of Position by Mr. Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (15 Kb, pdf)
- 13.11.2006: Item 69a Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations; Statement by H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (19 Kb, pdf)
- 02.11.2006: Item 58 Operational Activities for Development of the UN System; Statement by Thomas Gass Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (22 Kb, pdf)
- 25.10.2006: Item 53 Sustainable Development; Statement by Heidi Grau Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (26 Kb, pdf)
- 19.10.2006: Item 55 Globalization and Interdependence; Statement by Rascha Osman Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (26 Kb, pdf)
- 10.10.2006: Item 52 Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the International Conference on Financing for Development; Statement by Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (25 Kb, pdf)
- 06.04.2006: Methods of Work of the Commission on Population and Development Agenda Item 6; Statement by Werner Haug Head of the Swiss Delegation (10 Kb, pdf)
- 05.04.2006: Programme Implementation and Progress of Work in the Field of Population in 2005: Population Division Agenda Item 5; Statement by Werner Haug Head of the Swiss Delegation (8 Kb, pdf)
- 04.04.2006: 04 April 2006 39th Session of the Commission on Population and Development Agenda Item 3/4; Statement by Werner Haug, Head of the Swiss Delegation (17 Kb, pdf)
- 09.03.2006: 09 March 2006 High-Level Meeting to Launch the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF); Statement by H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations (11 Kb, pdf)
- 16 November 2005 Item 59 of the Agenda, Towards Global Partnership; Statement by Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (28 Kb, pdf)
- 19 October 2005 Item 49 Information and Communication Technologies for Development; Statement by Mr. Jean-Robert Moret, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (25 Kb, pdf)
- 12 October 2005 TOP 51 of the Agenda, Follow up to and implementation of the Outcome of the International Conference on Financing for Development; Statement by Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (42 Kb, pdf)
- 20 July 2005 Segment général de l'ECOSOC 2005 Point 13 de l'ordre du jour: Questions relatives à l'économie et à l'environment; Déclaration de M. Stefano Toscano, Mission Permanente de la Suisse auprès des Nations Unies (27 Kb, pdf)
- 16 November 2004 Item 87b Globalization and Interdependence Women in Development; Statement by Thomas Gass, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN (13 Kb, pdf)
- 16 November 2004 Item 92a Training and Research - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); Statement by Mr. Jean-Robert Moret, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN (14 Kb, pdf)
- 04 November 2004 Item 90b Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review of the Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System; Statement by Mr. Olivier Chave, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN (22 Kb, pdf)
- 19 October 2004 Item 85 Sustainable Development, Statement by Mr. Stefano Toscano, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN (121 Kb, pdf)
