Speeches
Speeches by the head and representatives of the FDFA.
Speeches and declarations (2290)
UN General Assembly High-level interactive dialogue: The social, economic and environmental determinants of health
11.07.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement delivered by Switzerland at the United Nations General Assembly High-level interactive dialogue on the social, economic and environmental determinants of health
UN General Assembly: Preparatory meeting of the 2026 United Nations Water Conference
09.07.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement delivered by Switzerland at the United Nations General Assembly Preparatory meeting of the 2026 United Nations Water Conference.
UN General Assembly Explanation of Vote: Draft Resolution Hate Speech
30.06.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement delivered by Switzerland at the United Nations General Assembly plenary meeting on the draft resolution “Promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech".
UN Security Council Open Debate: Children and armed conflict
25.06.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement delivered by Switzerland at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on children and armed conflict.
General Assembly of the Swiss Employers' Association
24.06.2025
Address by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) – Check against delivery
Flüchtlingssession 2025
21.06.2025
Abschlussrede von Bundesrat Beat Jans
Explication de vote de la Suisse: Comité préparatoire de la quatrième Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement
17.06.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Session extraordinaire d’urgence : Moyen-Orient y compris la question de la Palestine
17.06.2025
Pascale Baeriswyl; Swiss representative to the UN
High-level debate of the General Assembly on “A second chance: addressing the global prison challenge”
13.06.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Swiss Statement delivered at the High-level debate of the Assembly on “A second chance: addressing the global prison challenge”
Informal briefing from the head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
12.06.2025
Pascale Baeriswyl; Swiss representative to the UN
Statement delivered by Switzerland at the Informal briefing from the head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic.
COSP18 General Debate
11.06.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement deliverd by Switzerland at the 18th Session Of The Conference Of States Parties To The CRPD (COSP18).
ECOSOC: UNICEF Executive Board 2025 Annual Session
11.06.2025
Swiss representative to the UN
Joint Statement delivered at the UNICEF Executive Board 2025 Annual Session on behalf of the following group of member states: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the EU as a donor, and Switzerland.