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The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) (German Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit (BAZG); French Office fédéral de la douane et de la sécurité des frontières (OFDF); Italian Ufficio Federale della dogana e della sicurezza dei confini (UDSC); Rhaeto-Romanic Uffizi federal de la duana e de la segirezza dals cunfins (UDSC)) is a federal agency of the Swiss Confederation.
The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
Switzerland held observer status in several United Nations (UN) organs since 1948, but did not join the UN over neutrality concerns [2] and was a full member only of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. [2] In March 2002, the people of Switzerland voted to join the UN, and Switzerland became a member in September of that year. [3]
A study released by independent Swiss free-market liberal think tank Avenir Suisse and endorsed by the U.S. Embassy in Switzerland concluded that a trade agreement between Switzerland and the U.S. would net positively affect both. Within five years, trade in goods could increase by more than $14 billion and more than 40,000 new jobs could be ...
The first Collector, John Lamb, was appointed by George Washington in 1789. He had previously served as Collector of Customs for the State of New York from 1784. The office was described as "the prize plum of Federal patronage not only in this State but perhaps in the country, outside of positions in the Cabinet."
Between 1963 and 2015, Switzerland acted as the protecting power between Cuba and the United States, until the embassies were re-established in Havana and Washington, D.C. Switzerland has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and maintains consulates-general in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and San Francisco and has a consulate in Boston. [8]
The Cannon Corners–Covey Hill Border Crossing connects the towns of Havelock, Quebec to Mooers Forks, New York on the Canada–US border. It can be reached by Quebec Route 203 on the Canadian side and by Cannon Corners Road on the American side. The United States completed work on a new border station in 2012.
Switzerland is well known as a protecting power,having used its embassies abroad to represent the interests of states hostile to each other since the Franco-Prussian War. [1] In the Second World War Switzerland served as protecting power for 35 countries on both sides—its embassy in Washington represented Germany, Italy, Japan, and Vichy France.