Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous of the French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country,where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva,it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva,and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.
Switzerland,officially the Swiss Confederation,is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south,France to the west,Germany to the north and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau,the Alps and the Jura;the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory,whereas most of the country's population of 9 million are concentrated on the plateau,which hosts its largest cities and economic centres,including Zürich,Geneva and Basel.
The foreign relations of Switzerland are the primary responsibility of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Some international relations of Switzerland are handled by other departments of the federal administration of Switzerland.
Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS),she was the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs during her tenure as a Federal Councillor. She was President of the Swiss Confederation twice,in 2007 and 2011.
Adrien Lachenal was a Swiss politician and Jurist. He was president of the Swiss Confederation in 1869.
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs,so named since 1979,is one of the seven Departments of the Swiss government federal administration of Switzerland,and corresponds in its range of tasks to the ministry of foreign affairs in other countries. The department is always headed by one of the members of the Swiss Federal Council. Since 1 November 2017,the department is headed by Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis.
The Federal Department of Defence,Civil Protection and Sport is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. It is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council,the Swiss defence minister.
The International School of Geneva,commonly known as Ecolint,is a private,non-profit international school based in Geneva,Switzerland.
The Graduate Institute of Development Studies was a graduate school in Geneva,Switzerland focusing on development studies. Founded in 1977,it was recognized by the Swiss Federal Council as a university institution in its own right at the end of 2002.
Poverty in Switzerland refers to people who are living in relative poverty in Switzerland. In 2018,7.9% of the population or some 660,000 people in Switzerland were affected by income poverty. Switzerland has also a significant number of working poor,estimated at 145,000 in 2015.
EU Business School is a private business school with campuses in Geneva (Switzerland),Barcelona (Spain),and Munich (Germany). It is a member of OMNES Education Group since 2022.
The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) was introduced by Kofi Annan in 2001. Its mandate was to coordinate the efforts undertaken by the United Nations in promoting sport in a systematic and coherent way as a means to contribute to the achievement of development and peace.
swisspeace is a practice-oriented peace research institute located in Basel,Switzerland. It aims to contribute to the improvement of conflict prevention and conflict transformation by supporting Swiss and international actors in their peacebuilding activities.
Events in the year 1993 in Switzerland.
Events in the year 1991 in Switzerland.
Events in the year 1990 in Switzerland.
Events in the year 1989 in Switzerland.
Guy Bernard Parmelin is a Swiss Federal Councillor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC),he has been a member of the Federal Council since 2016,and has led the Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research since 2019. He previously led the Department of Defence,Civil Protection and Sports between 2016 and 2018. He served as president of Switzerland in 2021,having previously served as vice president of Switzerland in 2020.
Guy-Olivier Segond was a Swiss politician.
Events in the year 1985 in Switzerland.
