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Una evaluación independiente confirma la efectividad de los partenariados e identifica un potencial de optimización
19.10.2017
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Artículo
DEZA
Los partenariados con organizaciones no gubernamentales suizas (ONG) son de vital importancia para la cooperación suiza al desarrollo y la ayuda humanitaria. Ello lo confirma una evaluación independiente ordenada por la Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (COSUDE) con el fin de examinar los resultados obtenidos y localizar el potencial de optimización para reforzar los partenariados institucionales.
Switzerland is committed to the fight against tuberculosis in Eastern Ukraine
18.10.2017
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Press release
EDA
The seventh Swiss Humanitarian Aid convoy reached the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk earlier today. The consignment included a new device to speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis and help reduce the spread of this dangerous lung disease.
Viviendas más seguras gracias a la construcción antisísmica
13.10.2017
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Artículo
DEZA
Debido al aumento de las catástrofes por fenómenos naturales violentos, la prevención es hoy día una cuestión fundamental. La COSUDE se compromete con la reconstrucción antisísmica, como por ejemplo en Nepal y en Ecuador, donde las viviendas han sido destruidas recientemente de forma masiva a causa de terremotos de magnitud 7.8.
Switzerland supports cooperation projects in Eritrea
12.10.2017
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Press release
EDA
Having withdrawn from the country over ten years ago, the SDC has now resumed support for cooperation projects in Eritrea. In October 2017, it began supporting two vocational projects in a pilot phase scheduled to run until the end of 2019.
Instrument of ratification deposited: Paris climate agreement to enter into force for Switzerland on 5 November 2017
06.10.2017
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Press release
EDA
Switzerland deposited its instrument of ratification in New York on 6 October 2017, making it an official party to the Paris Agreement. The agreement will come into effect for Switzerland 30 days later, on 5 November 2017. One of the agreement's main objectives is to maintain the increase in global temperatures well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Switzerland was actively involved in the negotiations leading up to the climate agreement.
Strategic partnership, peace process, development cooperation: FDFA State Secretary Baeriswyl visits South Africa and Mozambique
05.10.2017
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Press release
EDA
As part of an official visit due to end on 6 October 2017, the State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Pascale Baeriswyl, has held consultations on policy matters with South Africa, which Switzerland regards as a strategic partner. Taking advantage of her presence in the region, she then also travelled on to the Republic of Mozambique, where she was received today by President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi for deliberations on the peace process. Switzerland and Mozambique have a long tradition of development cooperation and their efforts to resolve the conflict within the country are therefore based on a solid foundation of trust.
72nd Session of the UN General Assembly: Didier Burkhalter in New York to defend Switzerland's priorities
18.09.2017
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Press release
EDA
Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), attended the opening session of the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations on Monday in New York with the aim of building bridges and creating coalitions to defend key priorities of Switzerland's foreign policy.
Water, driver of peace: Global Panel on Water and Peace publishes recommendations
14.09.2017
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Press release
EDA
"Since water supply is likely to become a major source of tension in the coming years, there is huge potential today to make water a key medium for cooperation and a driver of peace," the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, told the members of the Global Panel on Water and Peace. The panel chaired by former Slovenian President Danilo Türk was launched in November 2015. In Geneva on Thursday, its 15 member states presented the results of their work in the form of a set of recommendations to prevent and resolve water-related conflicts.
Switzerland to participate in the first impact investment in the humanitarian sector
08.09.2017
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Press release
EDA
The ICRC, with the support of Switzerland and other donor countries, is today launching an innovative model for financing humanitarian aid. The Programme for Humanitarian Impact Investments (PHII) is inspired by the concept of social impact bonds. This is a novel approach in the humanitarian field, with private investment helping to bring physical rehabilitation services to more people in need of such care. The PHII offers the ICRC a means to diversify and grow its funding base while limiting the financial risk incurred by public donors.
Switzerland's priorities at the 72nd UN General Assembly
06.09.2017
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Press release
EDA
Building peace and security, especially by stepping up mediation capacity and conflict prevention, and strengthening the role of human rights are just two of the foreign policy priorities that Switzerland aims to implement during the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter and FDFA State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl will represent Switzerland in New York from 18 September 2017 during the high-level week that coincides with the opening of the UN General Assembly.
Sports diplomacy: 20 young Colombian athletes visit Switzerland
01.09.2017
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Press release
EDA
Twenty young Colombians are currently in Switzerland as part of a visit organised jointly by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the visit is to allow these young people – who come from a region mired in conflict – to learn more about training techniques while discovering popular Swiss sports, and to use sport to give them hope for a better life away from crime and violence.
“Un seul monde”: dossier sobre el agua y los conflictos
30.08.2017
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Novedades locales
DEZA
Las crecientes necesidades energéticas de una población mundial en constante aumento, así como el cultivo de alimentos y el cambio climático, han convertido el agua en un bien escaso que provoca conflictos. No obstante, allí donde se coopera por encima de las fronteras, se reducen las tensiones, en beneficio de todos.