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Un seul monde No. 1/2013

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Strategy 2013–2016
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What are the new strategic orientations of Switzerland’s international cooperation? Which principles guide and which instruments are applied in Switzerland’s international cooperation?
Strategy 2013–2016

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      A number of short films provide an insight into the SDC’s mission

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      Logo Global Plattform for disaster risk reduction.

      Conference on disaster risk reduction
      Switzerland is hosting the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction from 19 to 23 May in Geneva. It is being chaired by Martin Dahinden, Director-General of the SDC. Some 2500 participants are attending the conference, which is organised by UNISDR, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

      Media release 21.5.2013 

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      Ernährungssicherheit im Süden Malis. (© DEZA)

      Mali
      Development key to restoring stability
      More than one year since the food crisis and the capture of the Northern territories by insurgents, the situation in Mali remains critical. Nevertheless, the SDC is committed to seeing through its projects there to restore stability through development, while also aiding refugees.  

      Speech of the state secretary: conference on Mali in Brussels, 15.5.2013 (fr)
      Situation in Mali and swiss contribution; interview


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      31 May 2013, Annual Conference of Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe
      Switzerland's enlargement contribution to the EU- significance, impact, opportunities
      At the next Annual Conference of Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe in Bern, the SDC and SECO will explain how the projects for the implementation of the enlargement contribution are progressing. We would like to invite you to see what we have achieved so far and the challenges that are facing us.

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      Bern, 15.5.2013
      Visit by the Director of UNAIDS 
      Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter received Michel Sidibé, the Executive Director of UNAIDS. Worldwide efforts to combat HIV/AIDS have made remarkable progress in recent years, and the experts are even looking forward to bringing the epidemic to an end. Much remains to be done, however, particularly as far as access to care services and non-discrimination against those infected are concerned.

       Media release
      Interview with the Executive Director of UNAIDS


      Die Wünsche der Bevölkerung für die Zukunft der Welt. (© DEZA)

      What will happen until 2015 – and beyond?
      Seeking new development and sustainability goals
      On 5 April 2013, the countdown for the Millennium Development Goals has begun, signalling 1000 days until the final deadline expires in 2015. What will happen after that? This question is already in the focus of Switzerland and the international community as a whole.

      Swiss Platform
      Interview with ths Special Representative


      A project in the spotlight

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      Democracy building in Cambodia
      Local governance for Child Rights - Seth Koma
      The decades of war-like conflict and genocide have hit women and children particularly hard. Theprogramme entitled «Seth Koma» run by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) promotes the rights of women and children within the scope of a national reform initiative for democratization and decentralization. The project supports the creation of women's committees on the communal and district levels. The SDC has made a one-time lump sum contribution to the programme.

      Project in the spotlight

      Dossiers
      Syrian crisis
      North Africa
      150 years ICRC

      Land Governance
      Annual Conference of Switzerland’s Humanitarian Aid: Bern, 15.3.2013
      Report on commodities