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UN Commission on the Status of Women: Switzerland highlights importance of digitalisation for gender equality

On 6 March 2023, the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) began in New York with the theme "Innovation and technological change - education in the digital age". President Alain Berset led the Swiss delegation and addressed the CSW on 6 March.

Around 80 foreign delegations meet in Montreux to take action on patient safety

More than 600 experts and just short of 80 ministerial delegations from all over the world took part in the fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety held in Montreux on 23 and 24 February. Discussions focused on the concrete measures required to improve patient safety.

First visit by a Swiss president to Botswana

On Tuesday, 7 February, President Alain Berset met with President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi in the capital Gaborone, as part of a two-day trip to Botswana. It is the first time a Swiss president has visited the country. The aim of the trip was to strengthen relations between the two countries.

Switzerland and Turkey sign bilateral agreement on cultural property

Federal Councillor Alain Berset and the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, signed a bilateral agreement in Ankara on the international transfer of cultural property. The agreement is intended to preserve both countries' cultural heritage.

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