Speeches by the head and representatives of the FDFA
Speeches
Speeches and declarations (958)
General Discussion on the 2020 Report of the Secretary-General on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
11.09.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement submitted by Switzerland during the virtual informal meeting of the General Assembly and Security Council on the 2020 Report of the Secretary-General on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.
Children and Armed Conflict: Attacks against schools
10.09.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement submitted by Switzerland during the Open VTC of the UN Security Council on “Children and Armed Conflict: Attacks against schools”.
Executive Board UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Joint Statement
04.09.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Joint Statement on behalf of Australia, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden, pronounced by Switzerland at the Second Regular Session 2020 of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS.
Official opening of the Ceneri Base Tunnel
04.09.2020
Cassis Ignazio
Camorino, 04.09.2020 - Address by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis on the occasion of the Inauguration Ceremony "Ceneri2020" - Check against delivery
Annual report of the Security Council 2020 to the General Assembly
31.08.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group & Swiss national statement submitted at the occasion of the annual report of the Security Council 2020 to the General Assembly.
Joint Statement by the Group of Friends of the Protection of Civilians on Cyber-Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
26.08.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement submitted on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) to the United Nations Security Council Arria Formula (VTC) on Cyber-Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure.
Passaggio di testimone tra generazioni (de-fr-it)
25.08.2020
Cassis Ignazio
Bern, 25.08.2020: Address by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis on the occasion of the retirement of the ambassadors and the welcoming of the young diplomats who are taking up their posts in the service of the FDFA. Check against delivery.
Tourisme en Suisse à l’heure de la pandémie : qualité et créativité comme remèdes à l’inconnu
21.08.2020
Parmelin Guy; Covid-19
Intervention de M. le Conseiller fédéral Guy Parmelin Chef du Département fédéral de l’économie, de la formation et de la recherche (DEFR) à l’occasion de l’assemblée générale de la FST
The Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
14.08.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement pronounced by Switzerland during the General Assembly virtual informal meeting on resolution 74/246 entitled “The Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar”. Briefing by Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, Ms. Christine Schraner Burgener.
Addressing the Issue of Linkages between Terrorism and Organized Crime
06.08.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement submitted by Switzerland during the Open VTC of the UN Security Council on “Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts: Linkage of Counterterrorism and transnational organized crime”.
"We are a nation of hard-workers and passionate sportspeople"
31.07.2020
Head of Department, Ignazio Cassis; Cassis Ignazio
Tenero, 31.07.2020 - Address by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis on the occasion of a visit in a youth sports camp in Tenero on the eve of August 1, 2020 - Check against delivery
Organizational Session of ECOSOC - Swiss Vice-Presidence
23.07.2020
Swiss representative to the UN
Statement delivered by H.E. Ms. Pascale Baeriswyl on the occacion of the organizational session of the Economic and Social Council.
