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The First Geneva Convention (1864). Geneva is the city that hosts the highest number of international organisations in the world. [1]Article 54 of the Swiss Constitution of 1999 declares the safeguarding of Switzerland's independence and welfare as the principal objective of Swiss foreign policy.
Switzerland is a neutral European country, which is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). [1] Since 1996, Switzerland has participated in NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme.
Europe in 1910 with World War I alliances highlighted. Switzerland (yellow) found itself surrounded by members of opposing alliances. During the First World War, Switzerland sustained its policy of neutrality despite sharing land borders with two of the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and two of the Allied Powers (France and Italy).
The various allies all signed the Ottawa Agreement, [5] which is a 1951 document that acts to embody civilian oversight of the Alliance. [5] [6] Current membership consists of 32 countries. In addition to the 12 founding countries, four new members joined during the Cold War: Greece and Turkey (1952), West Germany (1955) and Spain (1982).
Switzerland signed a free-trade agreement with the then European Economic Community in 1972, which entered into force in 1973. [2] Switzerland is a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and took part in negotiating the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement with the European Union. It signed the agreement on 2 May 1992, and ...
OBBÜRGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Dozens of world leaders converged on a Swiss resort Saturday to discuss how to bring peace to war-ravaged Ukraine, though any hopes of a real breakthrough were ...
Switzerland, [d] officially the Swiss Confederation, [e] is a landlocked country located in west ... Switzerland's trade was blockaded by both the Allies and the Axis.
Readers may want to stock up on Toblerone bars, high-end watches, and emmental cheese—at least if recent rumors that the Swiss government is preparing its population for a potential nuclear ...