Local news, 04.04.2022
Swiss President Ignazio Cassis opened the International Cooperation Forum 2022 in Geneva on 31 March 2022.
Over two days, around 1,600 people from many sectors worked together to find new solutions to the problems caused by climate change and challenges facing international cooperation. The hybrid forum was launched by the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and will take place on an annual basis.
Article, 02.03.2022
Switzerland is Host State of the United Nations in Europe since 1945 (and before that was Host State of the League of Nations) and became a Member State of the UN on 10 September 2002.
Switzerland is the only country in the world that joined the UN as a consequence of popular initiative and many Swiss people commit to the ideals of the United Nations by becoming staff members. Below are a few portraits of them.
A series of video capsules on Swiss UN staff members. In original language (including Swiss German) with English, French, German and Italian subtitles.
