North Korea has received a total of US$2.38 million in international aid so far this year, all of it from Switzerland, United ...

An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the ...

Swiss UN Ambassador Jürg Lauber regrets US sanctions on the rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese.

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

Switzerland took its seat at the world table one year ago, when it was confirmed by the General Assembly as the UN’s 190th member last September. “We have managed to strengthen our foreign ...

Swiss government agency says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has not fulfilled requirements for registration in country, such as ...

Switzerland Joins United Nations. September 18, 2003 / 12:22 PM EDT / AP After nearly two centuries of neutrality, Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations on Tuesday with the ...

The UN report pointed out that “Who is afraid of the Black man?” has a racially discriminating effect. It also said that the Vaud canton, a region in Switzerland’s west, was the scene of ...

GENEVA — Switzerland said Friday it had resumed payments to the UN’s embattled agency for Palestinian refugees after a UN probe cleared the organization of allegations of mismanaging funds.

Kim Jong Un was still very much a child when he departed for Bern, the capital of Switzerland, in the summer of 1996 to join his older brother Kim Jong Chol at school.