Switzerland's security is inextricably linked to that of the wider European continent, the neutral country's outgoing defence ...

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

Switzerland lifted the measures against the Syrian energy and transportation sectors, as announced by the Federal Council on ...

The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take ...

The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States ...

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 ...

A group of UN human rights experts said Thursday that Israel is again 'weaponising starvation' in Gaza by blocking ...

There is no sufficient cross-regional critical mass supporting the text of the Final Draft Declaration,' says Foreign ...

Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the Geneva Conventions and the occupied Palestinian territories, Bern said Thursday ...

The Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein staged a protest at the UN to condemn China's human rights record in ...

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

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has traveled to Geneva to take part in the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the 2025 session of the Conference on Disarmament.