Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Directorate of Political Affairs > United Nations and International Organisations Division
UN Coordination
Address
Bundesgasse 28
3003 Bern
http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/dfa/orgcha/sectio/pad...
Contact person
Ralf Heckner
Head of section
Sekretariat / secrétariat / secretary: 031 325 07 90
E-Mail
Further contacts
Sibylle Obrist
employee
031 324 23 50
Operating range
- International
Relevant duties in the context of human rights
UN Co-ordination (UNC) is the central UN co-ordination centre of the federal administration and ensures the coherence of Swiss UN policy. It looks after the secretariat of the relevant inter-departmental UN work group (IDAG UN; Head Political Affairs Division III). It serves as an information platform inside and outside the federal administration for matters relating to the UN. UNC plays a central role as the co-ordinator of election campaigns (e.g. election of Prof. Kälin to the Commission on Human Rights or Swiss candidacy for the Commission on Human Rights 2007-2009). All these tasks are performed in close collaboration with the relevant specialist units in the federal administration.
Main work in the human rights field
- Lobbying / Networking / Human rights policies
Issues our organisation works on
- Foreign policy
International Reference
UN
- Human Rights Council
Current projects with human rights focus
Overall co-ordination of human rights issues in connection with other social, economic and development topics within the UN system
- Overall co-ordination of Swiss participation at the current sessions of the UN GA and at the UN Human Rights Council
- Various candidacy campaigns: current or planned
- Overall co-ordination of human rights issues in connection with other social, economic and development topics within the UN system
Publications on human rights issues
- Anual reports "Switzerland and UN"
- Switzerland and the UN: The 2006 Report of the Federal Council
