Today Pascale Baeriswyl met ASG for Youth Affairs Felipe Paullier. They discussed how to promote the role of young people as key agents of positive change, at the #UN and beyond.

We wish the UN Youth Office #UN YO every success in fulfilling its mandate!

Next weekend in Geneva.

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.United Nations Chief António Guterres New Agenda For Peace aptly summarizes new challenges & threats of our time. At today's Symposium we discussed how United Nations Peacekeeping can adapt to best address some of these key issues to best protect civilians, peacekeepers & global peace. #A4P

What are the pathways towards more nimble, adaptive & effective #peacekeeping ?
Today’s High-level Symposium at #UNHQ underlined the importance of the use of technologies, community engagement and rule of law.
Together we can prepare peacekeeping for the future! 🤝 #NA4P

Congratulations to🇲🇿 #Mozambique for its successful #UNSC presidency in May.
🇨🇭 #Switzerland notably welcomed:
➡️Adoption of #UNOWAS presidential statement
➡️Adoption of resolution 2730 on protection of humanitarian & UN personnel
➡️& called for the respect for international law.

🇨🇭welcomes the renewal by the #UNSC of the authorisation for member states to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of #Libya .
The embargo is crucial to prevent the proliferation of arms & prevent violence against the civilian population in Libya & in the region.

Understanding the past of #Peacekeeping allows us to prepare for its future.
Results of a study conducted by Geneva Graduate Institute & CSS at ETH Zurich are currently on display United Nations HQ.
➡️🇺🇳Peace Missions App developed with🇨🇭 #Swiss support: bit.ly/3VnHdBO & peacemissions.info

Proud to join Int’l Telecommunication Union, UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, and UN Development at #AI 4Good 2024! The competencies, the institutions and the energy are there. Let's build on strong inter-agency partnerships and #Geneva 's thriving AI ecosystem to ensure sound #AI governance for the #SDGs .  

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We pay tribute to those who gave their lives for #Peace
🇨🇭Major General Germaine Seewer, Commandant of the Armed Forces College and Dep. Head of Training Command took part United Nationsgeneva in the ceremony for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers💙
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All launches using ballistic missile technology are violations of UNSC resolutions.
At #UNSC #DPRK Briefing:🇨🇭
➡️Called for renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament & non-proliferation
➡️& stressed need for dialogue & diplomatic solutions
➡️Access for humanitarian assistance

Great to close the 2024 Swiss Study Tour of U.S. #Congress staffers at the #AI4Good Summit.

From humanity to innovation: highlighting #Geneva ’s contribution for concrete solutions to our common challenges.

Alexandre Edelmann Embassy of Switzerland in the USA

Millions of lives have been uprooted by armed conflict.
At #UNSC Briefing by #UNHCR ,🇨🇭called for:
-Safety & protection of people on the move
⁠-Sufficient means & security for humanitarian workers
⁠-Rapid, safe & unhindered humanitarian access
⁠-Strengthened preventive action

✔️Adopted

Today, the #UNSC unanimously renewed the UNAMI mandate.

This mandate will enable #UNAMI to continue to support the government in key areas during the transition, including #HumanRights & child protection.

An unexpected guest this morning as Jürg Lauber talked at #AI forGood .
Congratulations Int’l Telecommunication Union on this issue of the flagship UN #AI platform. Intergovernmental & expert mechanisms are in place: together, we'll find suitable governance solutions & ensure #AI for Good prevails.

We cannot forget the plight of the Syrian people.
#UNSC briefing on Syria|🇨🇭called for:
➡️Political solution, including implementation of res. 2254
➡️Establishment of a nationwide ceasefire
➡️Accountability
➡️Allowing & facilitating rapid & unimpeded passage of humanitarian aid

Today, the #UNSC adopted Resolution 2731, renewing the South Sudan sanctions measures for one year.

🇨🇭 #Switzerland voted in favor of this resolution, as it supports the implementation of the peace agreement in #SouthSudan .

Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) organized a screening on the threat of anti-biotic resistance (AMR)
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Today at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the role of ITC in AMR was discussed at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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Typical #Geneva : multi-angle approach of a complex global issue.

Today at the AI4Good summit, 🇨🇭 presents the International Computation and #AI Network Initiative (ICAIN), with EPFL, ETH Zürich & others, to ensure AI solutions serve global public goods & are available on the entire planet.

A shining example of Swiss Science Diplomacy in action!