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Switzerland

The federal council ignores the country’s neutrality

No to PESCO participation!

Statement of the “Swiss Peace Movement SFB”

(6 September 2024) On 21 August 2024, the Federal Council decided to join two PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) projects. In doing so, the Swiss government is taking a further step towards the NATO war alliance and increasingly undermining Switzerland’s neutrality and independence. The “Swiss Peace Movement” sharply criticises this decision.

“We cannot associate ourselves with NATO without becoming accomplices in NATO’s crimes”

GIPRI press release of 5 September 2024

(6 September 2024) The Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI) rejects the ‘’Security Policy Committee Report‘’ presented by Swiss President Viola Amherd on 29 August 2024.

This report is incompatible with Switzerland’s neutrality and must be rejected as contrary to the Swiss constitution and Swiss traditions of neutrality and mediation. Several organisations have already expressed similar views.

“Tactical nuclear bombs” – and their horrific consequences

Current report by the “International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons” (ICAN)

by Martina Frei*

(30 August 2024) On the occasion of the anniversary (6 and 9 August) of the US atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the “International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons” (ICAN) reminded us of what atomic bombs do to children.

What if school authorities took an interest in children ...

by Suzette Sandoz,* Lausanne

(30 August 2024) According to today’s “24 heures” newspaper of 20 August, almost 1000 children in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland do not go to public schools but are taught by their parents. This number has more than doubled in the last seven years.

Accusations of US Regime-Change Operations in Pakistan and Bangladesh Warrant UN Attention

The very strong evidence of the U.S. role in toppling the government of Imran Khan in Pakistan raises the likelihood that something similar may have occurred in Bangladesh.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA

(30 August 2024) Two former leaders of major South Asian countries have reportedly accused the United States of covert regime change operations to topple their governments. One of the leaders, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, languishes in prison, on a perverse conviction that proves Khan’s assertion. The other leader, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Hasina, fled to India following a violent coup in her country. Their grave accusations against the U.S., as reported in the world media, should be investigated by the UN, since if true, the U.S. actions would constitute a fundamental threat to world peace and to regional stability in South Asia.

How Jawaharlal Nehru facilitated the emergence of a ‘neutral’ Austria

by Sanjana Suchdev, New Delhi

(23 August 2024) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Austria on Tuesday, becoming the first Indian Prime Minister since Indira Gandhi in 1983 to visit the country in central Europe.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Austria,1 the Congress Tuesday (July 9) recalled the “key role” Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, played in “the emergence of a sovereign and neutral Austria”.