Agenda

December 2023

• Election of the Federal Council and farewell to the Federal Assembly

  13 December 2023

• Human Rights 75: opening of the high-level segment

  12 December 2023

• Fête de l’Escalade

  10 December 2023

• Celebration of the inscription of the alpine pasture season on the UNESCO list

  7 December 2023

• Celebration for Eric Nussbaumer and Eva Herzog, presidents of the chambers

  6 December 2023

• COP28 in Dubai

  1–2 December 2023

November 2023

• Official visit to Oman

  30 November – 1 December 2023

• Kyiv: “Grain from Ukraine” summit and meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky

  25 November 2023

• Courtesy visit by Viktor Orbán

  21 November 2023

• State visit by Emmanuel Macron

  15–16 November 2023

• 3rd Life Sciences Cluster Forum of the Basel Chamber of Commerce

  13 November 2023

• Paris: UNESCO, Polar Summit and Paris Peace Forum

  9–10 November 2023

• Audience with Pope Francis

  8–9 November 2023

• Montreal and Ottawa: Cinemania, Justin Trudeau, co-production agreement

  1–4 November 2023

October 2023

• Lecture at the Oxford Union and visit to London

  27–28 October 2023

• Official visit by Maia Sandu, President of Moldova

  18 October 2023

• Reception for the winners of Swiss Youth in Science

  17 October 2023

• Inauguration of CERN Science Gateway

  7 October 2023

• Swiss Performing Arts Awards 2023

  6 October 2023

• 3rd Summit of the European Political Community

  5 October 2023

• Opening of the Building Bridges summit on sustainable finance

  2 October 2023

September 2023

• Opening of the 19th Zurich Film Festival

  28 September 2023

• 40 years of Fri-Son

  22 September 2023

• Working visit by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti

  22 September 2023

• High-level week of the 78th UN General Assembly

  18–20 September 2023

• Opening of the exhibition “Sprachenland Schweiz” at the National Museum

  14 September 2023

• 175 years of the Federal Constitution

  12 September 2023

• Meeting of German-speaking heads of state at Laeken Castle

  11 September 2023

• economiesuisse Business Day

  8 September 2023

• Swiss Music Awards 2023: laudatio for Erik Truffaz

  8 September 2023

• Visit by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić

  7 September 2023

• 75 years of Zurich Airport

  1 September 2023

August 2023

• Opening of the Numerik Games 2023

  24 August 2023

• Meeting of German-speaking ministers of social affairs and health

  21–22 August 2023

• Visit to Colombia: peace, memory and meeting with Gustavo Petro

  7–10 August 2023

• Last Locarno Film Festival: opening and farewell at Monte Verità

  2–7 August 2023

July 2023

• National Day in Aegerten, Domdidier and Lausanne

  31 July – 1 August 2023

June 2023

• National Conference Equality 2030

  27 June 2023

• Conference “Young people and racism”

  26 June 2023

• Summit for a New Global Financing Pact

  22–23 June 2023

• Federal Yodelling Festival

  18 June 2023

• ILO World of Work Summit, 111th International Labour Conference

  14 June 2023

• Swiss Art Awards and Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim

  12 June 2023

• Swiss Economic Forum and meeting with Katalin Novák

  8 June 2023

May 2023

• 2nd Summit of the European Political Community

  31 May – 1 June 2023

• Opening of the 19th Congress of the World Meteorological Organization

  22 May 2023

• Chairing the Security Council debate on the protection of civilians

  22–23 May 2023

• Opening of the 76th World Health Assembly

  21 May 2023

• Architecture Biennale: Swiss Pavilion and Davos Baukultur Alliance

  17–20 May 2023

• 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe

  15–16 May 2023

• 60 years of Switzerland in the Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly conference

  9 May 2023

• Europe Day: message from the President of the Swiss Confederation

  5 May 2023

• Coronation of King Charles III

  5–6 May 2023

April 2023

• State visit by the President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi

  30 April – 1 May 2023

• Federal Council extra muros meeting in Winterthur

  26 April 2023

• Inaugural visit to Berlin: Olaf Scholz and Frank-Walter Steinmeier

  18 April 2023

• Visit by Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary General of La Francophonie

  18 April 2023

• Presidential visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  12–16 April 2023

• Visit by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi

  3 April 2023

March 2023

• Interpharma’s 90th anniversary

  30 March 2023

• Centenary of the customs treaty between Switzerland and Liechtenstein

  29 March 2023

• UN Security Council: debate on counter-terrorism in Africa

  28 March 2023

• Swiss Film Award 2023: honorary award to Ruth Waldburger

  24 March 2023

• Opening of the 37th Fribourg International Film Festival

  17 March 2023

• Opening of the exhibition “Zum Geburtstag viel Recht” at the Swiss National Museum

  16 March 2023

• International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH)

  10 March 2023

• Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) and Security Council

  5–7 March 2023

February 2023

• Meeting of German-speaking ministers of culture

  27 February 2023

• 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety

  23–24 February 2023

• Courtesy visit by Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights

  13 February 2023

• Presidential visit to Mozambique

  8–10 February 2023

• Presidential visit to Botswana

  6–8 February 2023

January 2023

• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

  27 January 2023

• Launch of Project Rosling

  26 January 2023

• Meeting with Holocaust survivors

  23 January 2023

• World Economic Forum 2023: opening speech and bilateral meetings

  16–19 January 2023

• 2nd Conference of European Ministers of Culture and launch of the Davos Baukultur Alliance

  15–16 January 2023

• First visit abroad: Vienna

  12–13 January 2023

• New Year reception for the diplomatic corps

  11 January 2023