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SDC project wins prize for innovative approach

08.10.2014 — Press release EDA
The “mini seed packs” initiative, which is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), was awarded a prize by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in Paris yesterday evening. The initiative distributes seeds in small packets, making them affordable to small farmers in Bangladesh. The DAC, the central forum for development policy discussions between OECD member countries, honoured the initiative for its ability to reach large numbers of people, with over 400,000 seed packets sold in the first year alone.


Los animales, un factor clave en la cooperación al desarrollo y la lucha contra la pobreza

03.10.2014 — Artículo DEZA

Cinco proyectos de la COSUDE dedicados a los animales

Según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), en todo el mundo, hay 752 millones de personas pobres que tienen animales de cría y producción. Estos animales les protegen de la inseguridad alimentaria, constituyen una importante fuente de ingresos y les ayudan, especialmente a la población rural, a afrontar riesgos globales como el cambio climático, las catástrofes naturales o las guerras. Esta es la razón, entre otras, de que los animales constituyan un factor clave en la cooperación al desarrollo y la lucha contra la pobreza. Presentamos cinco proyectos apoyados por la COSUDE, que benefician tanto a personas como a animales.



UN Human Rights Council: Switzerland welcomes the objectives of the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

26.09.2014 — Press release EDA
Geneva, 26.09.2014 – The Human Rights Council today ends its three-week autumn session, which opened on 8 September 2014 with the first appearance of the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan. Switzerland used this first meeting with the High Commissioner to inform him of its priorities in the Human Rights Council and to assure him of its support. Switzerland welcomes the fact that the High Commissioner's objectives largely correspond to its own. The Human Rights Council yesterday adopted a resolution tabled by Switzerland on dealing with the past.


Suiza en las negociaciones para una nueva agenda de desarrollo: Mediadora, con influencia y con propuestas concretas

25.09.2014 — Artículo DEZA

En 2015 expira el plazo de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) de Naciones Unidas. Suiza trabaja junto con la comunidad internacional en los nuevos objetivos de desarrollo globales. El embajador Michael Gerber es Representante Especial para el desarrollo global sostenible y representa a Suiza en las negociaciones sobre la llamada Agenda post-2015. En esta entrevista vuelve la vista a los ODM, explica la posición suiza y menciona cambios en los nuevos objetivos globales para un desarrollo sostenible (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs).


Swiss budget for Syrians in desperate need increased by CHF 20 million

23.09.2014 — Press release EDA
To improve the desperate situation of people affected by the conflict in Syria, Switzerland’s Humanitarian Aid has increased its support measures both for people in Syria and the over three million refugees in the neighbouring states. Switzerland’s budget since the start of the Syrian crisis totals CHF 105 million.


Switzerland takes further measures to fight the Ebola epidemic

23.09.2014 — Press release EDA
Switzerland is making an additional CHF 5 million available to support efforts to prevent the further spread of the Ebola epidemic and provide the people living in affected countries with the assistance they need. This announcement was made by the President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, in New York in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. The contribution is intended to support Switzerland's multilateral partner organisations in the field of humanitarian aid in their activities in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, as well as its bilateral aid projects in Liberia.


Switzerland sends winter equipment for war refugees in Northern Iraq

18.09.2014 — Press release EDA
Switzerland has decided to send relief aid to the greater Erbil area in Northern Iraq. The cargo consists primarily of cold weather tents intended to help people displaced by the war to survive the winter. Today, a specialist from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) is flying to Erbil to prepare for distributing the aid. More specialists from the Swiss cooperation office in Amman will join him on the ground.



Serbian parliamentary delegation to visit Switzerland

10.09.2014 — Press release EDA
A group of parliamentarians from Belgrade will visit Bern from 14 to 19 September 2014 to learn more about the Swiss political system, its standards and practices. The project is intended to give impetus to the reform of the Serbian legislature, which is being supported by the SDC.



Delegate for humanitarian aid, Manuel Bessler, appointed to the Advisory Group of the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund

01.09.2014 — Press release EDA
The Federal Council Delegate for Humanitarian Aid, Manuel Bessler, has been appointed to the Advisory Group of the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Mr Bessler is the first Swiss national to become a member of this body that was set up to accelerate and improve the efficiency of international aid to humanitarian crises.

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