Swiss Confederation

Mr President Secretary-General Excellencies Ladies and gentlemen On the morning of 3 March 2002, I put a card into the ballot box, on which I had written a de...

The era we are traversing has been marked by a series of crises and proliferating major conflicts in a world full of tensions. While the challenges we face are ...

Twenty years ago, Switzerland spoke for the first time from this rostrum as a full Member of the United Nations (see A/57/PV.1). Switzerland’s joining the Unite...

For most of my professional life, I have been a winegrower. Winemaking has taught me patience, perseverance and confidence. A vine takes years to grow and produ...

Mr President of the General Assembly, Mr Secretary-General, Distinguished Heads of State and government, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, There are moments t...

Our world is changing rapidly. The values that have long served as guideposts are being challenged. The result is chaos — what can we cling to if nothing lasts?...

It is a great privilege for me to stand before the General Assembly today in New York. We are gathered here because of those who believed, following the trage...

I wish to express my sincere condolences to the Government and the citizens of Dominica and the Caribbean region, who are suffering from the destruction caused ...

On 26 July in Abu Dhabi, the Swiss solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse, finished its world tour. On the same day that the whole world commended that technical fe...

On the ruins of a world ravaged by the Second World War, 51 countries decided to give humankind a forum for voicing opinions again and came together to proclaim...

“A world in which people know how to solve their problems in peace without violence; a world of freedom and mutual respect; a world where all young people ca...

The world in which we live is profoundly changing, but whether it changes for the better is another matter. That is up to us. We often get the impression tha...

Ten years ago, Switzerland joined the United Nations, thus becoming both the 190th Member State and the first country in which United Nations membership was ap...

How can we shape development policy that is of benefit to all? The per capita gross domestic product of Switzerland is 130 times higher than that of a countr...

It is a great honour for me to address, on behalf of Switzerland, the General Assembly, which this year is presided over by my compatriot, Mr. Joseph Deiss. ...

We look back on a year that has been exceptional in so many respects. Twelve months ago, a bank only a few hundred metres away from here collapsed and brough...

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr. Pascal Couchepin, who had to cancel his trip to New York at the very la...

At the outset, Sir, I should like to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly, and to assure you of my country’s full support ...

We recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Albert Einstein. He recommended the construction of the atomic bomb to President Roosevelt, y...

I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Eliasson, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly and to assure you of my country's full support during...