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Montenegro: Switzerland dispatches a helicopter and humanitarian team

Bern, 19.07.2017 – Switzerland is sending an army helicopter and a humanitarian team to help Montenegro tackle wildfires.
Switzerland works to promote implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Bern, 19.07.2017 – High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development holds discussions in New York on implementation of global goals for sustainable development.
Thomas Greminger becomes the new OSCE Secretary General

Vienna, 18.07.2017 – The OSCE's participating states have appointed as the organisation's Secretary General Thomas Greminger, Deputy Director General of the SDC.
Strengthening the OSCE spirit to build more security for all

Mauerbach, 11.07.2017 – “Switzerland considers the OSCE our best chance to promote enhanced security for allˮ, says Didier Burkhalter at the OSCE Foreign Ministers meeting.
Speeches

Travel advice

The latest on the security situation, potential risks and recommended precautions.

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Exchange of information and closer cooperation: Federal Councillor Burkhalter to attend meeting of German-speaking foreign ministers in Salzburg

26.07.2017 Media release

Forest fires in Montenegro: the Federal Council decides to dispatch an Armed Forces helicopter to support firefighting efforts

20.07.2017 Media release

Death of Liu Xiaobo – FDFA Statement

14.07.2017 Media release

Swiss school students grapple with the memory of the Holocaust

14.07.2017 Article

Kooperationsstrategie Schweiz-Benin auf Präsidialebene lanciert

13.07.2017 Media release

OSCE ministerial meeting: Switzerland firmly believes that dialogue and joint action are the drivers of greater security in Europe

10.07.2017 Media release

Switzerland welcomes approval of UN resolution regarding the Statistical Commission’s work on 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

06.07.2017 Media release

Strengthening education systems in the poorest countries: Switzerland supports the efforts of the Global Partnership for Education

05.07.2017 Media release

Switzerland welcomes newly adopted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance strategy framework at plenary meeting in Geneva

29.06.2017 Media release

The Federal Council takes stock of human rights compliance in Switzerland

28.06.2017 Media release

Focus

Photo of the words 'Swiss’ and ‘Jews’ in the commemorative plaque for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2016 taken at the Ecole des Cropettes in Geneva.

Switzerland's chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Switzerland's chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2017.

Dossier International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

International human rights conventions

An overview of what they contain and which ones Switzerland has ratified.

International human rights conventions

Photo galleries

Photo galleries of the FDFA head’s trips, visits and receptions and of FDFA activities and projects.

FDFA Photo galleries

Didier Burkhalter

Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Heads of state and governments adopted the 2030 Agenda. All states are called upon to contribute to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals over the next 15 years.

2030 Agenda

Bilateral way

The bilateral approach allows Switzerland to represent its interests with the EU in the best way. The Federal Council is aiming to conclude an institutional agreement to revive this approach.

Bilateral way dossier