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SUMMARY:3rd Summit of the European Political Community
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the 3rd Summit of the European Political Community\, in Granada: 47 states and the EU institutions. On the programme: security in Europe\, energy\, geopolitics. With Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis\, he co-chairs a round table on multilateralism and the geostrategic and security situation. \nThe EPC was born in Prague in October 2022\, then met in Chișinău in June 2023; the United Kingdom will host the next one. Switzerland had prepared the summit with a workshop in Geneva\, with the ECFR and the GCSP\, on the EPC’s place in the European security architecture. In the evening\, the heads of state and government are received at the Alhambra by King Felipe VI. \nThursday 5 October 2023 — Granada\n\nOpening plenary session\, family photo\nRound table “Multilateralism\, security and geostrategic issues”\, co-chaired with Kyriakos Mitsotakis\nBilateral meetings\, including with the Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the President of the Italian Council of Ministers\, Giorgia Meloni\nPress conference\nReception by the King and Queen of Spain at the Alhambra\, official dinner\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/3rd-summit-of-the-european-political-community/
LOCATION:Grenade
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231003
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Building Bridges summit on sustainable finance
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Building Bridges summit at the CICG in Geneva\, after an introduction by Patrick Odier\, who chairs the foundation. Two weeks earlier\, he was at the summit on the Sustainable Development Goals in New York. His finding: only a fraction of the 2015 commitments will be met. “It is a question of political will.” \nA speech in French\, then in English. For more than 80% of the 2030 Agenda targets\, progress is limited\, stalled or reversed; private capital must be steered towards these goals\, above all in the least developed countries. He cites the Swiss Climate Scores\, the climate law accepted in June\, the new strategy of the Private Infrastructure Development Group. For the first time\, the conference hosts the UNFCCC Sharm el-Sheikh dialogue on financial flows. He then stays on for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala\, Director-General of the WTO\, and Sergio Ermotti\, CEO of UBS. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du sommet Building Bridges (in English\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nBuilding Bridges\, speaker page (kick-off of 02.10.2023)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-building-bridges-summit-on-sustainable-finance/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230929
DTSTAMP:20261020T173236Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 19th Zurich Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset walks the green carpet and speaks at the opening night of the 19th Zurich Film Festival. Opening film: “Dream Scenario”\, with Nicolas Cage. The festival shows 148 films\, including 52 world or European premieres\, a record. \n“2023 ist ein seltsames Film-Jahr.” Harrison Ford is 30 again\, Tom Cruise 25; he himself\, the longest-serving member of the Federal Council\, will leave it “als Jüngster”. He supports the Hollywood strike: AI requires rules that protect intellectual property and pay. He sees “Barbenheimer” as proof that cinema remains a place of shared experience. He welcomes the ZFF’s takeover of the former Kosmos cinema\, under the name “Frame”. And ends: the best answer to the crisis of cinema? “Gute Filme.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 19e Zurich Film Festival (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nblue News\, 28.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-19th-zurich-film-festival/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTSTAMP:20261020T173236Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by the Prime Minister of Kosovo\, Albin Kurti
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Albin Kurti at the Federal Palace for a courtesy visit. Kurti is accompanied by his Minister of Culture\, Hajrulla Çeku. The talks cover northern Kosovo and the normalisation with Serbia initiated by the EU. \nBerset calls for the implementation of the Brussels and Ohrid agreements\, including the Kosovan government’s commitment to grant adequate autonomy to Serb-majority municipalities. Switzerland supports Kosovo’s application to the Council of Europe. It is the second-largest foreign investor in Kosovo; some 180\,000 people of Kosovan origin live in Switzerland; Swisscoy is extended until 2026. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.09.2023\nOffice of the Prime Minister of Kosovo\, 22.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-the-prime-minister-of-kosovo-albin-kurti/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTSTAMP:20261020T173236Z
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SUMMARY:40 years of Fri-Son
DESCRIPTION:The Fribourg concert venue Fri-Son celebrates its 40th anniversary. Alain Berset speaks there\, on the evening of his meeting with Albin Kurti in Berne. \nHis speech is a mock palaeontology lesson: “1983: discovery\, in Switzerland\, in Fribourg\, of Homo Fri-Sonus”. He recalls the origins: the 1981 Fri-Art exhibition\, born in opposition to the conventional celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Fribourg’s entry into the Confederation\, and punk. And Kurt Cobain’s visit\, on 25 November 1989. For him\, the hyphen in “Fri-Son” is a bridge between French and German speakers. He thanks the first generation\, “praktisch mittellos”\, and hopes for more support for the next ones. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n40 ans de Fri-Son (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 22.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40-years-of-fri-son/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230921
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SUMMARY:High-level week of the 78th UN General Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation to the opening of the 78th General Assembly. On 18 September\, he takes part in the summit on the Sustainable Development Goals\, which is held only every four years: only 12% of the 169 targets are on track. He is the first speaker at a round table on science\, technology and data. \nOn the 19th\, he addresses the General Assembly: extreme inequality\, unseen since the early 20th century\, the climate crisis\, wars\, the erosion of multilateralism. “The UN embodies the institutionalised hope for a better world.” On the 20th\, he speaks at the Security Council\, chaired by Albania\, in the debate on Ukraine: Russia\, a permanent member\, denies its responsibility for the thousands of dead and wounded; Switzerland calls on it to withdraw immediately from Ukrainian territory. \nOn the sidelines\, he sees a dozen heads of state and government\, including Maia Sandu\, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Yoon Suk-yeol. With António Guterres\, he discusses the Black Sea Grain Initiative\, Ukraine and peace in Colombia. \nMonday 18 September 2023 — New York\n\nOpening of the summit on the Sustainable Development Goals\nMeeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune\nMeeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva\nMeeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres\nMeeting with Moussa Faki Mahamat\, Chairperson of the African Union Commission\nMeeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu\nSDG summit round table: science\, technology\, innovation and data\, speech\nExchanges with the presidents of Botswana\, the Central African Republic and Albania\, and with the Executive Secretary of SADC\nReception for the 50th anniversary of Germany’s accession to the UN\n\nTuesday 19 September 2023 — New York\n\nOpening of the general debate\nSwitzerland’s speech to the General Assembly\nMeeting with Kenyan President William Ruto\nReception hosted by President Joe Biden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\n\nWednesday 20 September 2023 — New York\n\nMeeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol\nMeeting with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit\nSecurity Council open debate on Ukraine\, speech\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/high-level-week-of-the-78th-un-general-assembly/
LOCATION:New York
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SUMMARY:Opening of the exhibition “Sprachenland Schweiz” at the National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the Swiss National Museum in Zurich\, Alain Berset opens the exhibition “Sprachenland Schweiz” (Switzerland\, a land of languages)\, on show from 15 September 2023 to 14 January 2024. Visitors follow the route with headphones\, in five languages\, from the Röstigraben to the Jura question. At the opening\, the Bernese poet Ariane von Graffenried reads texts in dialect. \nA speech in German\, with passages in French and Italian. He starts from Camus\, “My homeland is the French language”\, and his schoolteacher\, M. Germain. He quotes Mark Twain: 30 hours for English\, 30 days for French\, 30 years for German. Then the substance: “for Switzerland to work\, the machine – our institutions – needs the software – our languages”. Without them\, the institutions do not work. He recalls the 2016 Thurgau dispute over French in primary school: federalism does not mean that each canton does as it pleases. More than 20% of the population speaks a language other than the national languages. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nVernissage de l’exposition « Sprachenland Schweiz » au Musée national suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSwiss National Museum\, magazine 5/2023 (exhibition dates)\nSwiss National Museum\, media\, 14.09.2023\nNZZ\, 12.10.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-exhibition-sprachenland-schweiz-at-the-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230913
DTSTAMP:20261020T173235Z
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SUMMARY:175 years of the Federal Constitution
DESCRIPTION:At the Parliament Building\, a ceremony for the 175th anniversary of the Federal Constitution of 1848. Alain Berset speaks of a “masterstroke”: a risky\, bold act\, written in 51 days\, while the great powers were crushing their revolutions. \nHe highlights Ulrich Ochsenbein\, who chaired the drafting committee: he understood that the defeated of the Sonderbund had to be involved\, championed bicameralism from 1845 and held his troops back before Lucerne. An imperfect masterstroke\, he adds: women and Jews were excluded. He sets the optimism of 1848 against today’s pessimism. “Compromise […] is not the path of least resistance\, but the only possible way to build a common future.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n175 ans de la Constitution fédérale (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/175-years-of-the-federal-constitution/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230912
DTSTAMP:20261020T173235Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking heads of state at Laeken Castle
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde\, Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the annual meeting of the heads of state of the six German-speaking countries\, at Laeken Castle. Around the table: Frank-Walter Steinmeier\, Alexander Van der Bellen\, Grand Duke Henri\, Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein. The format has existed since 2004; Switzerland hosted it in 2018. \nThe theme chosen by Belgium: space\, in the presence of ESA astronauts. For Berset\, space is a matter of Europe’s strategic autonomy; Switzerland\, a founding member of ESA\, will continue to contribute. In April\, the Federal Council adopted its “Space Policy 2023”. \nBefore the meeting\, he is received by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Belgium will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2024; they discuss the Switzerland–EU exploratory talks\, hydrogen\, frozen Russian assets\, on which Berset argues for an internationally coordinated approach\, and the register of damage created in Reykjavik. \nMonday 11 September 2023 — Brussels and Laeken\n\nMeeting with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo\nWelcome by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde at Laeken Castle\nRound table of the heads of state on current European space affairs\, with ESA astronauts\nConcert by the Young Belgian Strings\, dinner of the heads of state\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-heads-of-state-at-laeken-castle/
LOCATION:Bruxelles
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173235Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Music Awards 2023: laudatio for Erik Truffaz
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Office of Culture’s Swiss Music Awards are presented for the first time in the Grosse Halle of the Reitschule in Berne. The Grand Award goes to the trumpeter Erik Truffaz. Among the winners: Sonja Moonear\, Mario Batkovic\, Lucia Cadotsch\, Saadet Türköz; special awards to Helvetiarockt\, Kunstraum Walcheturm and the rapper Pronto. \nAlain Berset gives the laudatio. He offers a “grammatical analysis” of the work: the subject\, the verb “to jazz”\, the complements\, from Sophie Hunger to Oxmo Puccino. He quotes Miles Davis: “True music is silence. And all the notes only frame that silence.” At the end of the evening\, he sits down at the grand piano for a duet with Truffaz. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLaudatio Erik Truffaz (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 08.09.2023\nSwiss Music Review (Schweizer Musikzeitung)\nRadio Lac (ATS)\, 11.05.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-music-awards-2023-laudatio-for-erik-truffaz/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173234Z
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SUMMARY:economiesuisse Business Day
DESCRIPTION:At the Kongresshaus in Zurich\, before some 350 guests\, Alain Berset delivers the Federal Council’s message at the Business Day. The theme\, six weeks before the federal elections: “Wahlen 2023: Perspektiven statt Wunschdenken”. Christoph Mäder\, President of economiesuisse\, calls there for progress on the Bilaterals III. \nBerset talks about artificial intelligence. He opens with a jibe: if AI threatens 27% of jobs\, according to the OECD\, that makes two seats on the Federal Council. “5 Menschen und 2 Algorithmen?” Then the substance: productivity will rise\, and so will inequality\, in a world already as unequal as a hundred years ago. He asks questions without taboos: taxing AI companies more\, reforming education\, a welfare state that gets people back to work. He ends with Piaget: intelligence is what you use when you don’t know what to do. The answer to AI: “Mit mehr menschlicher Intelligenz.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée de l’économie d’economiesuisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPlattform J\, 08.09.2023\neconomiesuisse\, “Wahlen 2023: Perspektiven statt Wunschdenken”
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/economiesuisse-business-day/
LOCATION:Zurich
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230908
DTSTAMP:20261020T173234Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe\, Marija Pejčinović Burić
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Marija Pejčinović Burić\, Secretary General of the Council of Europe\, in Berne; she has also come for the 60th anniversary of Switzerland’s accession. They discuss the follow-up to Reykjavik\, where in May the 4th Summit adopted principles for democracy and created the register of damage caused by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Switzerland has been a member of it since 30 August. \nHe argues for closer links between the Council of Europe\, the OSCE\, the European Political Community and the UN organisations in Geneva. He supports the accession of Kosovo\, which would open the European Court of Human Rights to all its inhabitants\, the Serb minority included. He deplores that the Court and its mechanism are “being put under pressure”. \nHe hands her Switzerland’s instrument of ratification of the Protocol amending Convention 108 on data protection (“108+”). The Secretary General then travels to Neuchâtel\, for a public lecture at the university. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.09.2023\nCouncil of Europe\, 07.09.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-secretary-general-of-the-council-of-europe-marija-pejcinovic-buric/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230902
DTSTAMP:20261020T173234Z
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SUMMARY:75 years of Zurich Airport
DESCRIPTION:Zurich Airport celebrates its 75th anniversary with a three-day festival\, from 1 to 3 September. On the Friday evening\, Alain Berset and Zurich Government Councillor Carmen Walker Späh speak at the opening ceremony. \nHe opens with irony: he is not standing again for the Federal Council\, but “Das ist also keine Bewerbung für eine Stelle als Pilot”. Then a mock report from a federal working group: Kloten\, 31.5 million passengers in 2019; Bern-Belp\, 50\,174. Conclusion: “Der Flughafen Zürich ist schlicht zu gross.” \nMore seriously: a hub of European traffic\, an infrastructure on which trade and tourism depend\, thousands of employees. He recalls that aviation falls outside the Paris Agreement and calls for interim targets on the way to net zero in 2050. He mentions the 1948 runway\, one of the most modern in the world\, next to a village of huts. And ends: “Weniger Swiss finish. Und dafür mehr Swiss beginning.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n75 ans de l’aéroport de Zurich (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFlughafen Zürich\, closing press release of the 75th anniversary festival
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/75-years-of-zurich-airport/
LOCATION:Zurich
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230825
DTSTAMP:20261020T173234Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Numerik Games 2023
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 8th Numerik Games\, the digital cultures festival of Yverdon-les-Bains\, which grew out of the Maison d’Ailleurs. The festival\, held from 25 to 27 August in the town centre\, features a Lego exhibition this year. The speech is given at the official opening evening on Thursday 24 August\, the day before the festival opens to the public. \nA speech in the form of a game. He starts from Ole Kirk Christiansen\, the inventor of Lego\, a “carpenter” from Billund\, and his motto: “Only the best is good enough.” Switzerland\, he says\, was built like Lego\, brick by brick\, with ever more elaborate instructions\, in 1848 and then in 1874. He invokes Einstein\, a federal civil servant: “Play is the highest form of research.” And concludes with an equation: Yverdon (Y) hosts Events (M\, for “Manifestations”) where Culture (C) multiplies. “Y=MC².” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture des Numerik Games 2023 (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nHEAD – Genève\, announcement of the Numerik Games 2023 festival (dates and venue)\nMunicipality of Yverdon-les-Bains\, news of 21.08.2023\nRTN\, 16.08.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-numerik-games-2023/
LOCATION:Yverdon-les-Bains
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230823
DTSTAMP:20261020T173233Z
CREATED:20261015T202054Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking ministers of social affairs and health
DESCRIPTION:At Diedersdorf Castle\, in Grossbeeren near Berlin\, Alain Berset meets his counterparts from Germany\, Austria\, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg: Hubertus Heil\, Karl Lauterbach\, Johannes Rauch\, Manuel Frick. It is the 5th social affairs quintet and the 11th on health. \nOn 21 August\, the ministers of social affairs discuss the digitalisation of social insurance and cross-border coordination. Then\, for the first time\, ministers of social affairs and health meet together\, on staff shortages in care and health. On 22 August\, the health ministers deal with climate and health\, above all heatwaves. \nThe five countries sign a joint declaration: exchange of data on heatwave alerts\, with the national public health institutes; fair and ethical recruitment of care workers from outside Europe; a network of German-speaking countries on the migration of health workers. “Unsere Bürgerinnen und Bürger leben in Grenzräumen zusammen.” Next meeting: Austria\, in 2024. \nMonday 21 August 2023 — Grossbeeren (Diedersdorf)\n\nWorking session of the ministers of social affairs: digitalisation of social security systems\nJoint session of the ministers of social affairs and health: skilled staff in the social and health professions\nSigning of the joint declaration\, family photo\n\nTuesday 22 August 2023 — Grossbeeren (Diedersdorf)\n\nWorking session of the health ministers: climate change and health\n\nSources \n\nGerman Federal Ministry of Health\, 22.08.2023\nJoint declaration\, 21.08.2023 (signatories)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-ministers-of-social-affairs-and-health/
LOCATION:Grossbeeren
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230807
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230811
DTSTAMP:20261020T173233Z
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SUMMARY:Visit to Colombia: peace\, memory and meeting with Gustavo Petro
DESCRIPTION:Working visit to Colombia\, a priority country for Swiss international cooperation. Switzerland supports the peace process with the ELN\, alongside Germany\, Sweden and Spain. On 8 August\, Alain Berset tours the poor neighbourhoods of Buenaventura\, a Pacific port where people displaced from the countryside flock. There he meets the Interethnic Truth Commission of the Pacific. “Sin justicia\, no hay paz”\, he says on the spot. The following day\, in Dabeiba\, he visits a reintegration area for former FARC combatants\, then Medellín’s Comuna 13. \nOn 10 August\, Gustavo Petro receives him at the Casa de Nariño. On the agenda: “total peace”\, implementation of the 2016 agreement\, drug policy\, cooperation at the UN\, the situation in Europe and Latin America. The two presidents sign the agreement entrusting Switzerland with a digital copy of the archives of the Truth Commission\, including sensitive audio and video testimonies. The hard drive will be kept in Berne\, offline. \nHe also sees the delegations negotiating with the ELN\, with which a six-month ceasefire has been in force since 3 August. “I was strongly impressed by the will to move forward\,” he tells Keystone-ATS. And\, on the acceptance of an agreement: “It cannot be taken for granted.” \nMonday 7 August 2023 — Bogotá\n\nArrival\, official welcome by the Colombian Deputy Foreign Minister\n\nTuesday 8 August 2023 — Buenaventura\n\nVisit to Comuna 5\, a neighbourhood affected by the expansion of the port\, with Mayor Víctor Vidal and local organisations\nExchange with the Bishop of Buenaventura\, Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya\, on the “urban peace” process\nPunta del Este: meeting with victims’ families\, visit to an urban peace pilot project\nCasa Social de Cormepaz: gallery of memory of enforced disappearances\, presentation of the report of the Interethnic Truth Commission of the Pacific\nColiseo Cristal: exchange with displaced indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities on the humanitarian situation\n\nWednesday 9 August 2023 — Dabeiba\, Medellín and Bogotá\n\nDabeiba: visit to the Llanogrande territorial area for training and reintegration (ETCR)\, exchange with former combatants\, with Carlos Ruiz Massieu\, Head of the UN Verification Mission\nMedellín: visit to Comuna 13 and exchange with cultural collectives\nBogotá: speech at the National Day reception and inauguration of the new Swiss residence\n\nThursday 10 August 2023 — Bogotá\n\nMeeting with the government delegation to the negotiations with the ELN\nMeeting with the bodies monitoring the 2016 peace agreement (Comunes\, CSIVI\, National Reincorporation Council) and the UN Verification Mission\nMeeting with the ELN peace managers\nMilitary honours and official talks with President Gustavo Petro\, Casa de Nariño\nSigning of the agreement on the backup copy of the Truth Commission archives\, press statement\nOfficial lunch hosted by President Petro\nVisit to “Fragmentos”\, Doris Salcedo’s counter-monument\, in the presence of the artist\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.08.2023\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.08.2023\nRadio Lac (ATS)\, 11.08.2023\nNau.ch (Keystone-SDA)\, 09.08.2023\nEl Colombiano\, 10.08.2023\nRTVC Noticias\, 10.08.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-to-colombia-peace-memory-and-meeting-with-gustavo-petro/
LOCATION:Bogotá
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SUMMARY:Last Locarno Film Festival: opening and farewell at Monte Verità
DESCRIPTION:On 2 August\, Alain Berset opens the Locarno Film Festival\, the 76th\, for the last time. It is also the last edition for Marco Solari\, President since 2000. In the cloister of La Magistrale\, he pretends to give a closing speech rather than an opening one. He praises Giona A. Nazzaro’s selection\, a “2023 vintage” from every continent\, and a Swiss cinema that has regained its colour\, soon to be supported by the “lex Netflix”. He jokes about his joint retirement with Solari: he will have “2 of the 8\,000 chairs on the Piazza Grande” taken to the Cinémathèque suisse in Penthaz\, “to watch films there together in peace”. “Arrivederci Locarno\, arrivederci Ticino e viva il cinema!” \nAt Monte Verità\, at the traditional lunch hosted by the festival\, he says his farewells. He recounts having entered his name and Solari’s on the LoveCalculator website: 28%. Then comes a quiz on Swiss cinema from 2012 to 2023\, from “Ma vie de Courgette” to “Mad Heidi”. He ends in Italian: “Due parole che dicono tutto: bravo e grazie.” \nOn 3 August\, he meets the press at the PalaCinema with Carine Bachmann\, Director of the Federal Office of Culture\, and Ivo Kummer\, Head of the Film Section. \nWednesday 2 August 2023 — Locarno\n\nOpening ceremony of the festival at La Magistrale\, speeches by Alain Scherrer\, Marina Carobbio Guscetti\, Alain Berset\, Marco Solari and Giona A. Nazzaro\nOpening film on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 3 August 2023 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the press at the PalaCinema\, with Carine Bachmann and Ivo Kummer\n\nFriday 4 August 2023 — Ascona and Locarno\n\nFestival lunch at Monte Verità\, speeches by Luca Pissoglio\, Marina Carobbio Guscetti\, Marco Solari and Alain Berset\nAperitif hosted by the Federal Office of Culture at Villa San Quirico\, Minusio\nFestival political dinner at La Magistrale\n\nSaturday 5 August 2023 — Locarno\n\n75 years of the Cinémathèque suisse\, at the Castello Visconteo\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nAdieux au Locarno Film Festival au Monte Verità (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPlattform J / Keystone-ATS\, 03.08.2023\nRadio Lac / ATS\, 02.08.2023\nlaRegione\, 03.08.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/last-locarno-film-festival-opening-and-farewell-at-monte-verita/
LOCATION:Locarno
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SUMMARY:National Day in Aegerten\, Domdidier and Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:For his last 1 August in government\, Alain Berset gives three speeches. On the evening of 31 July\, he opens the festivities in Aegerten\, near Biel\, at the invitation of the 9er-Club\, in German and with a few words of Bärndütsch. On 1 August\, he speaks in Domdidier\, in his canton of Fribourg\, then in Lausanne. The common thread: the 175th anniversary of the Federal Constitution\, written by courageous men after a civil war and a Kulturkampf. \nHe lists what he will not miss: the press conference on premiums\, the 7 a.m. meetings with the parties during the sessions\, the phone handed back after four hours of Federal Council with too many messages. The 1 August speeches are not among them: he runs through the places where he has already given them\, from Middes to the Vully. \nIn Ouchy\, on the Place de la Navigation\, as the rain has just stopped\, he speaks before a few thousand people\, after the Mayor\, Grégoire Junod. “Above all\, let us not turn in on ourselves.” He argues for a Switzerland that is “optimistic\, confident\, courageous and committed” and ends with Simenon: “Memorable events never resemble what one expected of them.” \nMonday 31 July 2023 — Aegerten (BE)\n\nSpeech at the municipality’s National Day celebration\n\nTuesday 1 August 2023 — Domdidier (FR) and Lausanne\n\nSpeech at the Domdidier National Day celebration\nSpeech at the City of Lausanne’s National Day celebration\, in Ouchy\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale 2023 à Aegerten (in German\, French-language page)\nFête nationale 2023 à Domdidier (in French\, French-language page)\nFête nationale 2023 à Lausanne (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLe Temps / ATS\, 31.07–01.08.2023\nRadio Lac / ATS\, 01.08.2023\nPlattform J / Keystone-ATS\, 31.07.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-aegerten-domdidier-and-lausanne/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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CREATED:20261015T202041Z
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SUMMARY:National Conference Equality 2030
DESCRIPTION:At the Kursaal in Berne\, Alain Berset opens the National Conference Equality 2030 before more than 350 members of executives\, politicians and specialists. It reviews the Gender Equality Strategy adopted by the Federal Council in 2021\, focused this year on women’s economic independence. Women earn on average 18% less than men\, or 1\,500 francs a month; the unexplained gap is almost 8%. \nHe opens with a sentence from Elisabeth Kopp: one is either equal or one is not. Women and men are still only “ein bisschen” equal\, so not equal. The objections of the opponents of equality are “die Liftmusik des Fortschritts”. He announces two new features of the Logib tool: from 2024\, a target value of 2.5% for the unexplained pay gap; from today\, a module to check that a pay system is gender-neutral. \nGovernment councillors Astrid Bärtschi\, Florence Nater and Isabelle Moret\, the mayors of Berne and Geneva\, the co-mayor of Yverdon-les-Bains and the heads of Swiss Post and Swisscom then present their measures. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.06.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-equality-2030/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230627
DTSTAMP:20261020T173232Z
CREATED:20261015T202038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173232Z
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SUMMARY:Conference “Young people and racism”
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Commission against Racism brings together more than 270 people at the Wankdorf in Berne to discuss the racism experienced by under-18s: at school\, in sport and leisure\, in the digital space. Alain Berset opens the day with the Commission’s President\, Martine Brunschwig Graf. \nThe message from the President of the Swiss Confederation: institutions and organisations that deal with children or young people every day must take a critical look at their own structures. Children and young people have the right to grow up without discrimination. Then come Elke-Nicole Kappus (Lucerne University of Teacher Education) on school\, Jérôme Berthoud on sport\, Stéphane Koch on digital citizenship education: “Today\, the school playground extends into the digital space.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nColloque « Les jeunes face au racisme » organisé par la Commission fédérale contre le racisme (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Commission against Racism\, press release of 26.06.2023\nFCR\, conference programme
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/conference-young-people-and-racism/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230624
DTSTAMP:20261020T173232Z
CREATED:20261015T202035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173232Z
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SUMMARY:Summit for a New Global Financing Pact
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Emmanuel Macron\, some forty heads of state and government\, mostly from the Global South\, and 120 delegations seek to make the international financial system more sustainable and more social. Alain Berset represents Switzerland. The Swiss position: a global price on CO2\, more transparency on climate risks in finance\, better coordination of the multilateral development banks\, without duplicating existing mechanisms. \nOn the evening of 22 June\, at the dinner hosted by the Macrons at the Élysée\, he introduces one of the discussion themes: official development assistance. The following day\, he attends the closing session at the Palais Brongniart. The summit ends without a major joint declaration; Macron announces a follow-up in two years. \nBefore the press\, Alain Berset welcomes a “neue Dynamik jenseits der ausgetretenen Pfade”. The debt of poor countries\, made heavier by rising interest rates\, dominated the discussions. He also holds talks with Emmanuel Macron: Franco-Swiss relations\, cooled by the choice of the F-35 over the Rafale\, are moving in the right direction\, he says. “Man kann diese physischen Kontakte nicht durch Videokonferenzen ersetzen.” \nThursday 22 June 2023 — Paris\n\nDinner of the heads of state and government at the Élysée Palace; introduction of the theme “Official development assistance”\n\nFriday 23 June 2023 — Paris\n\nHigh-level closing session and family photo at the Palais Brongniart\nPress briefing for the Swiss media at the ambassador’s residence\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.06.2023\nswissinfo.ch / Keystone-ATS\, 23.06.2023\nPlattform J / Keystone-ATS\, 23.06.2023\nFrench Treasury (Direction générale du Trésor)\, 07.07.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/summit-for-a-new-global-financing-pact/
LOCATION:Paris
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DTSTAMP:20261020T173232Z
CREATED:20261015T202032Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Yodelling Festival
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday morning\, at the Bossard Arena\, Alain Berset speaks at the official ceremony of the 31st Federal Yodelling Festival\, before a choir of 300 yodellers. The festival\, the first in six years because of the pandemic\, draws some 210\,000 visitors and more than 10\,000 participants over three days. It is a Sunday of federal votes. \nThe health minister is amused by the programme: “Zugerkirschtorte”\, “Zwöi Kaffee Träsch”\, three times “Der Bierbrauer”. Yodelling was born as communication from alp to alp; in Berne\, he says\, communication from desk to desk is sometimes harder. He regrets that the National Council has refused Swiss German in its debates. \nThe Federal Yodelling Association was founded in 1910 in Berne\, not on an alp: the opposition between town and country does not hold. He mentions yodelling’s candidacy for UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête fédérale des yodleurs 2023 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nBlick\, 19.06.2023\nwatson / ATS\, 18.06.2023\nSRF\, 19.06.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-yodelling-festival/
LOCATION:Zoug
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230615
DTSTAMP:20261020T173231Z
CREATED:20261015T202029Z
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SUMMARY:ILO World of Work Summit\, 111th International Labour Conference
DESCRIPTION:“Social justice for all”: for the first time\, an ILO summit of heads of state and government is explicitly devoted to this cause. It takes place during the 111th International Labour Conference. At the Palais des Nations\, Alain Berset speaks at the opening\, after Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo\, whom he has met beforehand. \n“Technological transformation\, climate change\, migration and demographic challenges are global phenomena.” He supports the global coalition for social justice sought by Houngbo\, which “requires the mobilisation of the entire multilateral system”. Social development\, justice and peace are linked\, within each country as between countries. He mentions the women’s strike\, taking place the same day in Switzerland. \nOn the sidelines\, he holds bilateral meetings\, notably with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The day before\, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin had represented Switzerland at the conference. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nIl n’y a pas de véritable liberté sans politique sociale éclairée (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.06.2023\nSwiss Mission in Geneva\, 14.06.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ilo-world-of-work-summit-111th-international-labour-conference/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230613
DTSTAMP:20261020T173231Z
CREATED:20261015T202026Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Art Awards and Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim
DESCRIPTION:On the sidelines of Art Basel\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Art Awards 2023 and pays tribute to the winners of the Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim: the artist Uriel Orlow\, the art historian Stanislaus von Moos and the collective Parity Group. Eleven art awards of 25\,000 francs each are presented\, two of them in architecture (Bastian Marzoli\, Claire Logoz). \nHe starts from a question: “Stehen wir an der Schwelle zu einer neuen Aufklärung?” Distrust of science\, the search for scapegoats\, artificial intelligence: there is no alternative to critical thinking\, and art trains it. “Ohne das Multiperspektivische wird Kunst provinziell – und ohne Vielstimmigkeit verkümmert die Demokratie.” \nIn French\, he presents the 2025–2028 culture dispatch\, put out for consultation three days earlier. The coronavirus crisis exposed the precarious position of many artists; the Confederation now requires fair pay for everyone involved in the projects it supports\, in line with the recommendations of the professional associations. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses d’art et Prix Meret Oppenheim 2023 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nlaRegione / ATS\, 12.06.2023\nFederal Office of Culture\, Prix Meret Oppenheim 2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-art-awards-and-swiss-grand-award-for-art-prix-meret-oppenheim/
LOCATION:Bâle
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230609
DTSTAMP:20261020T173231Z
CREATED:20261015T202023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173231Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Economic Forum and meeting with Katalin Novák
DESCRIPTION:At the Kursaal in Interlaken\, Alain Berset opens the 25th Swiss Economic Forum\, owned by the NZZ\, before some 1\,350 business leaders. “Wir sind über alles informiert – aber wir fühlen uns zunehmend orientierungslos.” War in Europe\, the rise of authoritarian states and the erosion of the post-war liberal order leave Switzerland facing a clear choice: to defend international law\, on which a small\, open country depends. \nAt home\, he calls for restoring trust between business and politics\, lost since the 2008 financial crisis. He invokes Adam Smith\, born 300 years ago: the author of “The Wealth of Nations” also wrote “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”. “Keine Gesellschaft kann blühend und glücklich sein\, in der der weitaus grösste Teil der Mitglieder arm und elend ist.” He cites the near-monopolies of the digital giants and the weight of lobbies in healthcare. Then he answers questions from the moderator\, Urs Gredig. \nOn the sidelines of the forum\, he receives Hungarian President Katalin Novák\, a guest of the NZZ. He welcomes the good bilateral relations and recalls the 87 million francs of the second Swiss contribution from which Hungary benefits. He also expresses concern at the discriminatory restrictions faced by several Swiss companies in Hungary\, and calls for respect for the agreements and the protection of investments. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwiss Economic Forum 2023 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPlattform J / Keystone-ATS\, 08.06.2023\nEmbassy of Switzerland in Hungary\, newsletter July 2023\ntio.ch / ATS\, 08.06.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-economic-forum-and-meeting-with-katalin-novak/
LOCATION:Interlaken
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230602
DTSTAMP:20261020T173231Z
CREATED:20261015T202020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173231Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Summit of the European Political Community
DESCRIPTION:At Mimi Castle in Bulboaca\, some twenty kilometres from the Ukrainian border\, the leaders of almost the entire continent hold the second summit of the European Political Community; only Russia and Belarus are not invited. Alain Berset represents Switzerland. The venue\, he says\, is a sign of solidarity with Ukraine and “ein sehr starkes Signal der Unterstützung für Moldau”. \nAfter the family photo\, he speaks briefly with Volodymyr Zelensky. He tells SRF that Ukraine knows the Swiss position: adoption of all sanctions against Russia\, humanitarian aid\, reception of refugees\, the Lugano conference on reconstruction. They also discuss the military situation and the Federal Council’s agreement to decommission 25 Leopard 2 tanks with a view to their resale to Germany. \n“Hier zu sein und Einigkeit zu demonstrieren\, ist sehr wichtig.” He argues for linking the European Political Community with the continent’s other forums\, the Council of Europe and the OSCE. \nWednesday 31 May 2023 — Chișinău\n\nMeeting with Maia Sandu\, President of the Republic of Moldova\nVisit to venues of the independent cultural scene: Casa Zemtsvei and Artcor Creative Hub\n\nThursday 1 June 2023 — Bulboaca\, Mimi Castle\n\nWelcome by Maia Sandu\nOpening ceremony of the summit and family photo\nMeeting with Volodymyr Zelensky\, President of Ukraine\nThematic round table on security\nWorking lunch of the heads of delegation\nMeeting with Pedro Sánchez\, President of the Government of Spain\nPress briefing for the Swiss media\n\nSources \n\nSRF\, interview\, 01.06.2023\nPlattform J / Keystone-ATS\, 01.06.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/2nd-summit-of-the-european-political-community/
LOCATION:Chișinău
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230524
DTSTAMP:20261020T173230Z
CREATED:20261015T202017Z
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SUMMARY:Chairing the Security Council debate on the protection of civilians
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland holds the presidency of the UN Security Council in May. On 22 May\, at UN headquarters\, Alain Berset opens “Digital Dilemmas”\, a multimedia experience organised by Switzerland and the ICRC\, with ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger and Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. Some 75 guests\, including Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi. Visitors put themselves in the place of a civilian or a humanitarian worker facing the digital risks of war: disinformation\, surveillance\, personal data that turn civilians into targets. “How would you decide?” \nOn 23 May\, he chairs the Security Council’s high-level open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict\, with António Guterres\, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger and a civil society representative from the Lake Chad Basin. “We have the legal\, political and operational instruments to protect civilians from armed conflict.” He refers to Resolutions 2417 (2018)\, which condemns the use of starvation as a weapon\, and 2573 (2021)\, on civilian infrastructure. \nHe proposes five avenues: stop attacks on indispensable objects\, guarantee full and unimpeded humanitarian access\, hold accountable those who starve civilians\, fully involve women\, protect the population when peace missions withdraw. In conflict\, shortages of water\, food and care kill more people than the fighting itself. \nMonday 22 May 2023 — New York\n\nVisit and official opening of the exhibition “Digital Dilemmas” at UN headquarters\, with Amina Mohammed and Mirjana Spoljaric Egger\n\nTuesday 23 May 2023 — New York\n\nPress briefing for the Swiss media\nMeeting with António Guterres\, UN Secretary-General\nChairing of the high-level open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict\nPress statement outside the Security Council chamber\nMeeting with George Vella\, President of Malta\nHigh-level lunch on the protection of civilians\, with the presidents of Malta and Mozambique among others; exchange with Mauro Vieira\, Brazilian Foreign Minister\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nProtection des civils dans les conflits armés (in French\, French-language page)\nExposition « Digital Dilemmas » au siège des Nations Unies (in English\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 17.05.2023\nSwitzerland on the Security Council\, 23.05.2023\nSwitzerland on the Security Council\, “Digital Dilemmas”\, 22.05.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/chairing-the-security-council-debate-on-the-protection-of-civilians/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTAMP:20261020T173230Z
CREATED:20261015T202013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173230Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 19th Congress of the World Meteorological Organization
DESCRIPTION:At the Geneva International Conference Centre\, Alain Berset opens the 19th World Meteorological Congress\, the WMO’s supreme body. The organisation is celebrating 150 years since its predecessor\, the International Meteorological Organization. Before the session\, he meets the Secretary-General\, Petteri Taalas. \nThe congress centres on the UN initiative “Early Warnings for All”: protecting every person on the planet with an early warning system by 2027. “We need a strong World Meteorological Organization. We need meteorological services at the national level which also must be strong. They are the spine of WMO.” He welcomes the organisation’s reforms and presents the Swiss pilot project “Weather4UN”\, run by MeteoSwiss\, which provides forecasts to humanitarian organisations. \nThe same day\, he flies to New York\, where Switzerland holds the presidency of the Security Council. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n19e congrès de l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM) (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.05.2023\nWMO\, 22.05.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-19th-congress-of-the-world-meteorological-organization/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230522
DTSTAMP:20261020T173230Z
CREATED:20261015T202010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173230Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 76th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:At the Palais des Nations\, Alain Berset opens the 76th World Health Assembly on behalf of the host country. The WHO is 75 years old; on 5 May\, it declared the end of Covid-19 as a public health emergency of international concern. Theme of the Assembly: “WHO at 75: saving lives\, driving health for all”. \nHe recalls the organisation’s successes\, from the eradication of smallpox to the retreat of polio\, and its failures. He supports the first increase in assessed contributions\, the negotiation of an international instrument on pandemic prevention and the revision of the International Health Regulations. He presents the Health for Peace initiative\, led with the Sultanate of Oman. He quotes Saint-Exupéry: “It is not a matter of foreseeing the future but of making it possible.” \nThe same Assembly designates Switzerland to sit on the WHO Executive Board from May 2023 to May 2026. In the late afternoon\, Switzerland’s traditional reception at WHO headquarters also celebrates the organisation’s 75th anniversary\, with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and former Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de la 76e Assemblée mondiale de la santé (in French\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.05.2023\nSwiss Mission in Geneva\, 22.05.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-76th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230521
DTSTAMP:20261020T173229Z
CREATED:20261015T202006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173229Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture Biennale: Swiss Pavilion and Davos Baukultur Alliance
DESCRIPTION:At the 18th Architecture Biennale\, “The Laboratory of the Future”\, Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss Pavilion on 18 May. The project “Neighbours”\, by the artist Karin Sander and the art historian Philip Ursprung\, both professors at ETH Zurich\, takes down part of the wall separating Bruno Giacometti’s pavilion (1952) from its Venezuelan neighbour\, designed by Carlo Scarpa. Walls have a bad reputation\, he says: they reinforce differences and create misunderstandings. The pavilion asks another question: what is closer to us than what lies on the other side of the wall? \nOn 19 May\, at the Palazzo Zorzi\, home of UNESCO’s regional office\, he opens the first public event of the Davos Baukultur Alliance\, launched in Davos in January: “Creating Vibrant Communities for All – Spotlight on Affordability”. The Federal Office of Culture\, the World Economic Forum and UNESCO organise it. Alejandro Aravena\, Christian Benimana\, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu present projects\, then the members of the Alliance debate high-quality\, affordable building. \nOn the sidelines\, he holds talks with Austrian Vice-Chancellor Werner Kogler and with the Italian Minister of Culture\, Gennaro Sangiuliano. \nThursday 18 May 2023 — Venice\, Giardini\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion with Karin Sander and Philip Ursprung\nOfficial inauguration of the Swiss Pavilion “Neighbours”\, addresses by Philippe Bischof (Pro Helvetia) and Alain Berset\nVisit to national pavilions in the Giardini\nExchange with Werner Kogler\, Vice-Chancellor of Austria\, at the Austrian Pavilion\nSwiss Biennale reception\, on the Giudecca\n\nFriday 19 May 2023 — Venice\, Palazzo Zorzi and Arsenale\n\nOpening speech at the Davos Baukultur Alliance event\, at UNESCO’s regional office\nVisit to the main exhibition at the Arsenale\nMeeting with Gennaro Sangiuliano\, Italian Minister of Culture\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nArchitecture Biennale\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch / Keystone-ATS\, 18.05.2023\nDavos Baukultur Alliance\, Venice 19–20.05.2023\nUNESCO via IFACCA\, 22.06.2023
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/architecture-biennale-swiss-pavilion-and-davos-baukultur-alliance/
LOCATION:Venise
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