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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.
An international peace summit in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War, formally called the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, [1] was held in Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland [2] on 15–16 June 2024. [3] The conference followed a series of four earlier international meetings, [4] and was hosted by the Swiss president Viola Amherd. [2]
Most voters support the government in its philosophy of armed neutrality underlying its foreign and defense policies. Domestic policy poses some major problems, to the point that many observers deem that the system is in crisis [21] but the changing international environment has generated a significant reexamination of Swiss policy in key areas ...
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Wednesday he hoped China would "give us a hand" in Ukraine peace talks, after Switzerland last month agreed to host a global peace summit on Ukraine.
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA, German: Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, French: Département fédéral des affaires étrangères, Italian: Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri, Romansh: Departament federal d’affars exteriurs ⓘ), so named since 1979, is one of the seven Departments of the Swiss government federal administration of ...
This policy is self-imposed and designed to ensure external security and promote peace. [2] Switzerland has the oldest policy of military neutrality in the world; [3] it has not participated in a foreign war since its neutrality was established by the Treaty of Paris in 1815. However, the country did have a civil war in 1847.
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) [a] is an office-level agency in the federal administration of Switzerland, and a part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Together with other federal offices, SDC is responsible for overall coordination of Swiss international development activities and cooperation with Eastern ...
The federal administration of Switzerland [1] is the ensemble of agencies that constitute, together with the Swiss Federal Council, the executive branch of the Swiss federal authorities. The administration is charged with executing federal law and preparing draft laws and policy for the Federal Council and the Federal Assembly .