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8.5.2013: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

08.05.2013 — Article DEZA

8 May is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day and also the anniversary of the birth of its founder and Nobel laureate, Henry Dunant. This year, 2013, when several special organised events have also been included in the calendar to commemorate 150 years of the ICRC, Switzerland is setting out to pay tribute tothe partners who are keeping its humanitarian tradition and commitment alive. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is taking the opportunity offered by the 8 May to emphasise the excellent relations that Switzerland has with the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) and the close cooperation that exists between them.


Switzerland promotes broad-based growth in Burkina Faso and Mozambique

08.05.2013 — Press release EDA
On 8 May 2013 the Federal Council decided to grant Burkina Faso and Mozambique general budgetary assistance of CHF 32 million each for the years 2013 to 2016. This will support both countries in implementation of their poverty reduction strategies, which focus on broad-based and sustainable growth.


Switzerland is participating in the stabilisation of Somalia

07.05.2013 — Press release EDA
Under the leadership of SDC Director-General Martin Dahinden, Switzerland will participate in the international conference on Somalia to be held in London on 7 May 2013. Last year, the Federal Council adopted a Horn of Africa Strategy 2013-2016. As part of this strategy, Switzerland will not only provide humanitarian aid, but also work on development cooperation, the promotion of peace and security, and migration. Switzerland will also support Somalia in the development of federal and decentralised government structures.


Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter receives Global Fund executive director Mark Dybul

06.05.2013 — Press release EDA
On 6 May 2013, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA received Mark Dybul, the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) since the beginning of the year, for an official meeting. The talks focused on Switzerland’s support for the Global Fund, which was founded in 2002 with seat in Geneva and is among Switzerland’s most important strategic partners in the worldwide fight against infectious diseases.



Ten years of commitment to African literature

01.05.2013 — Article DEZA

«Si nous nous couchons, nous sommes morts» declared the Burkinabe historian Joseph Ki-Zerbo. If we lie down and give up, we are dead. African authors and publishers will meet in Geneva from 1 to 5 May for the Geneva Book Fair, proving once again that African literature is alive and well, and that putting one's words down on paper is a way of standing tall and proud. The SDC has shown its commitment to this cause through its support for the African Fair for Books, Press and Culture over the past 10 years.


World Malaria Day 2013: Winning entries in online photo contest bring importance of prevention into sharp relief

22.04.2013 — Article DEZA

Every single minute a child dies of malaria. Committed to combatting malaria, the SDC concentrates its efforts on disease prevention and access to health care. Within the space of five years (2007-2012), a SDC-funded mosquito net programme has helped to slash the child mortality rate in Tanzania by 44%. Furthermore, a photo contest shows how people can protect themselves from malaria and how mosquito nets have become a key weapon in the global fight against the disease.


IMF and World Bank 2013 Spring Meetings

18.04.2013 — Press release EDA
At the 2013 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, the ministerial steering committee of the IMF will consider the state of the global economy and measures to prompt its recovery and boost its resilience. The main topic for the Development Committee is the adoption of the new vision for the World Bank Group. In the run-up to the meetings, there will be a meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, to which Switzerland has also been invited.



Water resource management, human security and the economy are on the agenda for Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter during his visit to South America

05.04.2013 — Press release EDA
Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter will be visiting South America from 2 to 8 April. He is scheduled to visit Chile, Peru and Colombia during this trip under the triple theme of “water, the economy and human security”. In addition to meetings with political representatives of the three countries, the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) will launch and visit projects in these three fields of action supported by Switzerland, as part of the Federal Council’s foreign affairs policy.


The SDC presents its priorities

04.04.2013 — Press release EDA
From 2013 to 2016, the management of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) plans to increase its activity in fragile contexts, to tackle global risks, to strengthen its cooperation with private industry and to step up monitoring of the effectiveness of development cooperation. These four priorities are set out in the dispatch on international cooperation approved by the Swiss Parliament in September 2012. The four priorities were illustrated at the SDC's annual press conference which was held on Thursday 4 April in Bern. Haiti was quoted as a case in point.


Interview with Ambassador Michael Gerber on sustainable development after 2015

03.04.2013 — Article DEZA

«The world needs a binding frame of reference for sustainable development»

On 5 April 2013, the countdown for the Millennium Development Goals begins, signalling 1000 days until the final deadline expires in 2015. What will happen after that? This is a question that is already the focus of intense interest amongst the international community, and Michael Gerber is actively engaged in the process of finding a new development framework. As Special Representative for Global Sustainable Development Post-2015 and a member of the SDC, he is formulating Switzerland’s position and will also represent it in international bodies. We asked him what goals the international community and Switzerland have set.

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