Russia destroyed its own satellite, Kosmos, using a missile, creating debris that endangered the International Space Station ...

Switzerland is not the only nation applying for UN membership this year and it may be beaten to the post by East Timor, the world’s youngest country. Analysts say the state, which became ...

Through its collaboration with numerous international organisations, Switzerland engages in global discussions on the most ...

Switzerland’s top diplomat at the United Nations in New York, Pascale Baeriswyl, gives a largely positive assessment of the first four months of the country’s membership on the Security ...

GENEVA (9 April 2025) – UN experts* today called on Switzerland, and other European States, to urgently step up efforts to meet their international obligations on climate change mitigation and ...

Switzerland UN U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Türk speaks during a press conference about the publication of UN Human Rights fact-finding report on Bangladesh protests ...

UN experts on Wednesday urged Switzerland and other European Member States to increase their efforts in meeting their international commitments on mitigating climate change, a year since the ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he will appoint an envoy to help shepherd a divided Cyprus toward long-lasting peace.

The change of government in Syria also had an impact in the Human Rights Council chamber at the Palais des Nations. The Syrian delegation engaged constructively in the proceedings, which culminated ...

Two municipal council members in Switzerland’s canton of Fribourg resigned in protest Wednesday after it rejected financial ...