Switzerland is supporting India in its fight against COVID-19. Swiss Humanitarian Aid has sent several hundred oxygen concentrators and 50 respirators, worth about CHF 3 million, to assist hospitals...
Mogadishu – International partners* strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu on 25 April. We have repeatedly warned that the extension of mandates would lead to a political crisis and...
Summary Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been facing a humanitarian and security crisis of unprecedented scale. Already affected by chronic food and nutrition insecurity, the country has now witnessed...
Mogadishu – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Canada, Denmark, European Union (EU), Finland, France, Germany, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ireland, Italy,...
Durant son séjour au Liban, le conseiller fédéral Ignazio Cassis a visité le port de Beyrouth ainsi qu’un hôpital détruit par l’explosion du 4 août 2020 et reconstruit avec l’aide de la Suisse. Il...
Bern, 30.03.2021 - Switzerland has pledged an additional 60 million of francs to help the Syrian population in Syria and the region, which has been facing war for ten years. FDFA Deputy State...
12 March 2021 Statement by Finland on behalf of a group of countries Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi, Finland Thank you Madame President, I have the honour to deliver this statement on...
Bern, 01.03.2021 - FDFA head and Vice President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis pledged a CHF 14 million humanitarian aid package at an online conference to raise funds for the humanitarian crisis in...
(New York, Stockholm, Bern, 1 March 2021) - António Guterres, the United Nations SecretaryGeneral, today convenes a high-level pledging event, co-hosted by the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland,...
Summary Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming increasingly important on the geopolitical stage as well as more economically relevant. The subcontinent nevertheless still faces many, often long-term...