Switzerland chair of the UN Security Council

The Swiss Confederation will lead the important U.N. organization during May 2023

The Security Council, in this month under Swiss leadership will have to deal with some sensitive cases such as the renewal of the grain export agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the opening of two crossings between Syria and Turkey (opened exceptionally after the earthquake that hit the region), the management of the crisis in Sudan, the prevention of other conflicts as well as dealing with scientific diplomacy.

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UN in Brief

The United Nations Organization (UN) has 193 member states and is the only organization in which a multiplicity of issues of global significance can be discussed involving all countries and stakeholders by having unparalleled legitimacy worldwide.

Established in 1945, at the end of World War II when nations were in ruins by the representatives of 50 countries who met in San Francisco, California, from April 25 to June 26, 1945 and proceeded to draft and sign the Charter of the United Nations, creating a new international organization with the aim of preventing another world war. It was to replace the old “League of Nations” that had been active since 1920.

U.N. headquarters in Geneva, SwitzerlandPhoto by konferenzadhs da PixabayThe top 50 members included Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Rep. Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia.

Italy was admitted to the United Nations in 1955, Japan in 1956, the then two Germanies (West Germany and the German Democratic Republic) in 1973, and Liechtenstein in 1990.

Switzerland joined this organization in September 2002 as an active and innovative member and has the opportunity to contribute to the resolution of global problems and assume its responsibilities in the development of world affairs. The UN also provides a platform for defending national interests.