There was 'no desire from the other contracting parties to postpone or continue,' says Franz Perrez, head of directorate of ...

Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the ...

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Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories ...

Switzerland is considering sending 200 soldiers to Ukraine if a ceasefire with Russia is reached, revealed Thomas Suessli, ...

Switzerland could send around 200 troops for a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, contingent on a formal request and ...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world. He lashed out at voices of ...

Switzerland could contribute around 200 troops to a prospective peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if such a request were ...

The Fourth Geneva Convention, part of a series of international treaties agreed in 1949 after World War Two, defines ...

Switzerland could contribute troops to a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if it were requested and the government ...