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President Burkhalter calls on politicians and civil society to take a clear stand against anti-Semitism

13.11.2014 — Press releases EDA
At the Conference on Anti-Semitism in Berlin, President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter praised the action that the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has taken over the past ten years to combat anti-Semitism. Burkhalter, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, called for a strong ongoing commitment to fighting hostility against the world's Jews. He believes that young people, in particular, hold great potential in efforts to counter the dangers of anti-Semitism.

Inauguration of the Swiss embassy in Oman in the presence of FDFA State Secretary Yves Rossier

12.11.2014 — Press releases EDA
On Wednesday 12 November 2014, the state secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Yves Rossier, officially opened the Swiss embassy in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, within the framework of an official two-day visit that included the political dialogue that the two countries conduct on a regular basis. The new embassy is housed in the same building as the embassy of the Netherlands.

International Law Day 2014 – the President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, asks youth to explain the world to their elders

11.11.2014 — Press releases EDA
The Directorate of International Law (DIL) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) held its annual International Law Day on Tuesday 11 November 2014, in Bern. This year’s theme was youth and international law. In his address the President of the Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, spoke of the responsibility of adults towards young people and invited the latter to make themselves heard.

Speaking out for tolerance and dialogue: President Burkhalter to travel to Berlin, Brussels and Ypres

11.11.2014 — Press releases EDA
On 13 November 2014, the President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, will take part in the Conference on Anti-Semitism of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), where he will address the conference in his capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. On 14 November he will then travel to Belgium where he will meet the King of the Belgians, Philippe, the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, and the foreign minister, Didier Reynders, in Brussels. The afternoon will be dedicated to the memory of the victims of the First World War: In Ypres, President Burkhalter will attend a memorial event where he will meet the three Swiss school classes that won first prize in the competition on the subject of the First World War that he launched in March.

Thousand winter tents en route for Iraq

10.11.2014 — Press releases EDA
Switzerland has dispatched a further relief aid to northern Iraq. One thousand tents, as well as blankets and other goods are being transported by lorry to the city of Erbil in northern Iraq and will arrive between 11 and 24 November 2014. The aid materials have a value of CHF 1 million and are intended to help people survive the winter.

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