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In 2021 Cassis served as Vice President of Switzerland. On 8 December 2021, he was elected President of Switzerland for the year 2022. He assumed the office on 1 January 2022 succeeding Guy Parmelin. In 2022, as president of the Swiss confederation, Cassis took a leading role in redefining Swiss neutrality in light of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
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.
GOLLION, Switzerland (Reuters) -Switzerland wants to update its network of ageing nuclear shelters, which are increasingly seen as an asset at a time of greater global uncertainty, notably since ...
Switzerland's Federal Assembly votes 126–20 with 41 abstentions to outlaw membership or support of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (The New Arab) December 16, 2024 ( 2024-12-16 ) (Monday)
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 ...
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Switzerland a "full democracy" in 2022. [5] [needs update] According to Freedom House, an American NGO, Switzerland is among the freest countries in the world, with a 2020 score of 39/40 on political rights and 57/60 on civil liberties (for a combined score of 96/100). [20]
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is Switzerland's ministry of foreign affairs. As of 2019, it is headed by Ignazio Cassis . It is composed of the General Secretariat and of the State Secretariat, which in turn is composed of the following directorates and agencies: [12]
Federal Council in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Swiss Federal Chancellery. "The Swiss Confederation: A brief guide 2007". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013; Services of the Swiss Parliament. "Resultate der Wahlen des Bundesrats, der Bundeskanzler und des Generals" (PDF).