List of international treaties and agreements negotiated or signed in Switzerland

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The list of international treaties and agreements negotiated or signed in Switzerland gives a chronological overview of some of the most important international agreements, conventions, peace, disarmament and other treaties that have been negotiated or signed in Switzerland .

The good offices play in foreign policy of neutral Switzerland has always been an important part. Today, however, Switzerland does not limit itself to making its territory available to conflicting parties as a place of negotiation ("hotelier function"), but also offers itself as a mediator (conflict mediation).

A particularly large number of agreements were signed in Geneva , Switzerland's most international city.

15th century

18th century

19th century

Original document of the first Geneva Convention, 1864
  • Geneva Conventions (1864): Rules of war for the protection of persons who do not take part in combat operations.

20th century

United Nations in Geneva
Parties to the Agreement on the Status of Refugees :
  • Parties to the 1951 Agreement
  • Parties to the 1967 Protocol
  • Parties to both contracts
  • Parties to neither of the two contracts
    • 1954 Indochina Conference in Geneva
    Reagan and Gorbachev during the 1985 Geneva Summit
    • Bern Convention (1906): Ban on white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches
    • Geneva Protocols (1922): State treaty between the Republic of Austria and Great Britain, France, Italy and Czechoslovakia within the framework of the League of Nations.
    • Geneva Protocol (1925): Protocol prohibiting the use of asphyxiating, poisonous or similar gases and bacteriological agents in war.
    • Geneva World Economic Conference (1927)
    • Treaty of Montreux (1937): On May 8, 1937 is in Montreux between Egypt on the one hand and Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, South African Union and the USA on the other hand, the agreement provided for in the British-Egyptian treaty of 26 August 1936 on the lifting of the surrender in Egypt has been concluded.
    (→  Montreux Convention Regarding the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt Treaty of Montreux (1937) in the English language Wikipedia)
    • Nyon and Geneva Accords (1937): Conference on the Protection of International Seafaring in the Mediterranean from Submarine Attacks During the Spanish Civil War .
    (→  Nyon Conference agreements of Nyon and Geneva in the English language Wikipedia)
    • Lausanne Conference (1949): Conference on the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
    • Geneva Refugee Convention (1951): Abbreviation GFK; actually "Agreement on the Legal Status of Refugees" was adopted on July 28, 1951 at a UN special conference in Geneva and came into force on April 22, 1954.
    • Geneva Laos Agreement (1962): Agreement on the independence and neutrality of Laos .
    • UN Conference on Disarmament (from 1979) , UN Conference on Disarmament (UNCD): UN Conference on Disarmament, known in German-speaking countries as the “Geneva Disarmament Conference”.
    • Bern Convention (1979): Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Wildlife and Their Natural Habitats.
    • INF contract (1980–1985) and a. in Geneva: Agreements for the destruction of all missiles with medium and short range (500 to 5500 kilometers) and their production ban between the Soviet Union and the USA.
    • Geneva arms control negotiations (from 1983) between the Soviet Union and the USA.
    • Peace negotiations between Iran and Iraq (1988): After eight years of war, Iran and Iraq start direct negotiations in Geneva.
    • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal (1989): The Convention, also known as the Basel Convention , was signed on March 22, 1989 in Basel. It is an international environmental agreement that has introduced environmentally friendly waste management and regulates the control of the cross-border transport of hazardous waste. The agreement entered into force on May 5, 1992.
    • Geneva Peace Conference (1991): Conference on the peaceful solution to the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq.
    (→  Geneva Peace Conference (1991) Geneva Peace Conference in the English language Wikipedia)
    • Geneva Yugoslavia Conference (from 1992): Under the leadership of the UN and the EU, the international conference to resolve the conflict in the Balkans was opened in Geneva in 1992 . The negotiations with the civil war parties led u. a. on the Dayton Peace Treaty , which was signed in Paris on December 14, 1995.
    • Treaty of Lugano (1996): On September 6, 1996, the head of the Federal Department of Transport and Energy and the Federal Minister of Transport of the Federal Republic of Germany signed a state treaty in Lugano, in which they committed themselves to the requirements for efficient rail transport between Switzerland and the Federal Republic Germany, especially with regard to the NEAT railway-Alpine transversal.

    21st century

    The protective symbol of the Third Additional Protocol, also known as the “Red Crystal”
    Geneva Conference on Iranian Nuclear Program 2013
    • Reunification of Cyprus (2004): Talks on the reunification of Cyprus under the leadership of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on the Bürgenstock do not lead to an agreement.
    (→  Annan Plan for Cyprus Reunification of Cyprus in the English language Wikipedia)
    • Maritime Labor Convention (2006) of the International Labor Organization (2006): The agreement contains basic (employment and social) rights of seafarers. It was adopted on February 23, 2006 by the ILO General Conference in Geneva and entered into force on August 20, 2013.
    • Lugano Convention (end of 2007): The Lugano Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters - LugÜ regulates the jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments between the member states of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. It aims to ensure that national judgments are equally valid.
    • Montreux Document (2008): The Montreux Document of September 17, 2008 is the first international document to provide an overview of the international legal obligations of private military and security companies involved in armed conflict.
    (→  Montreux Document Montreux Document in the English language Wikipedia)
    • Rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey (2009): The protocol between Turkey and Armenia signed on October 10, 2009 in Zurich provides the basis for diplomatic relations and the opening of borders. Since the ratification of these protocols was suspended by the Armenian President in April 2010, the rapprochement between the two countries has come to a standstill. The Turkish parliament had previously suspended ratification of this protocol.
    (→  Geneva II Conference on Syria Geneva Syria Peace Conference in the English language Wikipedia)
    • Agreement on the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria (2013): The foreign ministers of the USA John Kerry and of Russia Sergei Lavrov agree in Geneva on an agreement on the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria.
    • Geneva Conference on Iran's Nuclear Program (2013) : The foreign ministers of Iran and the so-called P5 + 1 powers (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, i.e. China, France, Great Britain, Russia and the United States of America plus Germany) in one Joint Plan of Action (JPA).
    (→  Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program Geneva conference on the Iranian nuclear program in the English language Wikipedia)
    • Nuclear deal with Iran (April 2015): In the nuclear dispute, Iran, the UN veto powers and Germany agree on key points for a final agreement in Lausanne. Iran undertakes to subject its nuclear enrichment program to a system of restrictions and controls. Furthermore, all nuclear activities in the country are subject to strict controls by the International Atomic Energy Agency for up to 25 years. In return, the West is lifting its economic sanctions. The details are to be negotiated by the end of June. Talks took place in Montreux in March.

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    1. ↑ The good offices of Switzerland at www.eda.admin.ch
    2. ↑ www.tagblatt.ch: How manufacturers of matches died
    3. ↑ www.zaoerv.de: Treaty of Montreux (1937)
    4. ↑ www.zaoerv.de: Nyon and Geneva agreements
    5. ^ Annual review 1985: Summit in Geneva on tagesschau.de
    6. ↑ www.zeit.de: The long way through darkness, from September 2nd, 1988
    7. ↑ www.spiegel.de: Southern Africa - Last Hurdle, November 21, 1988
    8. ↑ Agreement between the Head of the Federal Transport and Energy Industry Department1 and the Federal Minister of Transport of the Federal Republic of Germany to ensure the efficiency of the access to the new railway through the Alps (NEAT) in Switzerland, dated September 6, 1996
    9. ↑ www.eda.admin.ch: The Geneva Initiative
    10. ↑ www.admin.ch Contribution of Switzerland to the efforts of the UN to reunify Cyprus, from March 19, 2004
    11. ↑ www.eda.admin.ch: The Montreux Document
    12. ↑ www.faz.net
    13. ↑ www.tagesanzeiger.ch
    14. ↑ www.blick.ch Breakthrough in Geneva, September 14, 2013
    15. ↑ www.news.admin.ch: Geneva conference on the Iranian nuclear program
    16. ↑ www.spiegel.de: Negotiations in Lausanne - Breakthrough in the nuclear dispute with Iran, from April 2, 2015
    17. ↑ www.stern.de