🇨🇭 commends the Office of Internal Oversight Services & Independent Audit Advisory Committee for their reports on #UN80 & reiterates that efficiency & oversight are mutually reinforcing.

🇨🇭 stresses that UN80 can only succeed if reform, risk management & oversight advance together.

Start of the #UNGA81 6th Committee on legal matters, where 🇨🇭 seeks to:

- Strengthen respect for international humanitarian law
- Ensure accountability for atrocity crimes
- Support legal institutions, including the ICJ, the ICC & the Geneva-based International Law Commission

🇨🇭 is ready to begin #UNGA5C negotiations. Our main priorities:

- Regular budget, including consolidation through Common Administrative Platforms
- Resident Coordinator System financing for UN agencies at country level
- UN oversight strengthening
- Renovation of the Palais des Nations in Geneva

As #UNGA2C begins,🇨🇭calls for recommitment to dialogue & pursuing consensus & efficiency in the context of #UN80 reform.

In negotiations,🇨🇭will support principles of #2030Agenda & particularly strong language around environment, climate, water, food systems, gender & #AIGovernance.

Yesterday, 🇨🇭, the UN Scientific Advisory Board & GESDA Global hosted a panel on scientific & technological developments expected to shape the next 5-25 yrs, drawing on findings from the forthcoming GESDA #ScienceBreakthroughRadar.

Thanks to all panelists & participants for a fascinating exchange!

This week, our 🇨🇭 #5C team hosted an in-depth briefing on 5C & budgetary matters for Permanent Representatives & delegates to prepare for the upcoming session.

Thanks to participants for taking part in these exchanges. We look forward to continuing this dialogue in the months ahead.

Start of the #UNGA81 3rd Committee, where 🇨🇭 will:

⚖️Work towards a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
🗣️Protect fundamental freedoms & civic space, online & offline
🏛️Defend accountability mechanisms to ensure justice for all
🏳️‍🌈Promote rights of all people

🇨🇭 commends France for steering the #UNSC through a busy September & their focus on:

- The impact of AI on international security
- Peace & Security in the Middle East, Haiti, Ukraine, Afghanistan, the Horn, Sudan & DRC
- UNHCR briefing
- 2 straw-polls for SG selection process

Protecting children from explosive weapons |🇨🇭 stressed: obligations under int'l humanitarian law apply regardless of technology used.

Tech advances must strengthen, not weaken, civilian protection. Prevention, respect for intl‘ law & accountability are non-negotiable. #HLW2026

At #HLW2026 side event “Beyond Criminalization”, BAG/OFSP/UFSP Director Anne Lévy shared how🇨🇭’s four-pillar approach helps reduce drug-related harms while promoting health, human rights & social integration. #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction

High-Level Meeting on addressing #SeaLevelRise threats |🇨🇭stressed that climate mitigation & keeping the 1.5°C goal within reach remain our first line of defense.

🇨🇭also highlighted the importance of resilience & shifting from reaction to anticipation based on local needs & priorities.

#HLW event on AI, Human Rights & Atrocity Prevention |🇨🇭, as 2026 Chair of #FreedomOnlineCoalition, recalled that AI tools can strengthen prevention and anticipation.
🇨🇭is proud to host the 2027 #AISummit in GVA & is committed to inclusive & int‘l law compliant #AIGovernance.

🇨🇭 is committed to early recovery in the Gaza Strip and is part of the #TeamGazaInitiative. To this end, 🇨🇭 is providing CHF 3m to the UN Horizon Fund.

Switzerland stands firmly behind the International Criminal Court and its mandate to ensure accountability for “atrocities that deeply shock the conscience of humanity”.

🇨🇭 rejects threats or measures against the #ICC, supports its resilience, and calls for wider ratification of the Rome Statute.

Marking 10yrs of the #WPSFocalPointsNetwork, 🇨🇭reaffirmed: Women, Peace & Security agenda must be embedded across foreign policy, mediation & peacebuilding. Commitments must be backed by resources for women’s organizations. #WPS is not an add-on to security, it is essential to it.

At the Education Cannot Wait Steering Group,🇨🇭reaffirmed its commitment to ECW's goal of mobilizing $600m to support 10m children affected by crises.

🇨🇭calls on all stakeholders to make ambitious pledges ahead of the ECW Replenishment Conference in Geneva this November. #HopeStartsHere

President of the 🇨🇭 Confederation Guy Parmelin thanked #UNSG António Guterres for his dedication & stressed the importance of #InternationalGeneva as a hub for multilateral diplomacy, humanitarian action & human rights on the opening day of #HighLevelWeek2026.

🇨🇭 welcomes the convening of the World Conference on Countering #HateSpeech. Tackling discrimination, incitement to hatred & violence while safeguarding #FreedomOfExpression is key for us.
We call for the full & effective implementation of the #RabatPlanOfAction, online & offline.