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Education: the key to sustainable development

Multilateralism

Education: the key to sustainable development

Interview with Swiss experts in Afghanistan and Benin on what Swiss international cooperation is doing in education at field level, in coherence with the Global Partnership for Education.

Toni Frisch – a career dedicated to humanitarian aid

Cooperation with Eastern Europe

Toni Frisch – a career dedicated to humanitarian aid

Ambassador Toni Frisch has just completed his term as coordinator of the OSCE Humanitarian Working Group in eastern Ukraine. An interview.

Steps towards a sustainable food system

Steps towards a sustainable food system

How can the world's population be fed in a healthy and sustainable way? The UN is addressing this question at a special conference, and Switzerland is helping to prepare it.

Switzerland remains a committed partner of the EU

European policy

Switzerland remains a committed partner of the EU

Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis visits the Swiss Mission in Brussels and meets members of the EU Commission for informal talks.

Travelling abroad

Travelling to Switzerland

Emigration & return

Living abroad

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THEMES & DOSSIERS

"What does the FDFA advise?"

Many Swiss nationals travelling abroad ask the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA for recommendations and advice on their return journey. A list of questions and answers.

Agile Swiss foreign policy

AVIS28, the report on Switzerland's 2028 Foreign Policy Vision, provides impetus for a focused, networked and agile foreign policy.

International organizations

International organizations

Switzerland's candidature for the UN Security Council

Switzerland is seeking a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council in 2023–24. The Federal Council formally submitted the candidature in 2011 after consultations with Parliament. The election for the two-year term will take place in New York in June 2022.

Foreign Policy Strategy 2020–23

The thematic focus areas are peace and security, prosperity, sustainability and digitalisation.

International cooperation

International cooperation

Greater focus and impact

Swiss development cooperation will become more focused, making it more effective. This is reflected in Switzerland's new international cooperation strategy for 2021–24.

Institutional agreement

The Federal Council has taken the decision not to sign the InstA. The negotiations with the EU did not produce the outcomes Switzerland needed to sign the agreement.