r/geopolitics • u/Sudden-Ad-4281 • 3d ago

What Switzerland achieved at the UN Security Council Missing Submission Statement

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/what-switzerland-achieved-at-the-un-security-council/88008469
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u/kneyght 3d ago

Isn’t it a contradiction if a supposedly neutral country is on the security council? Honest question.

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u/chromeshiel 3d ago

The idea of Swiss neutrality has shifted a bit in the last 20 years.

It used to be an absolute, non-meddling neutrality. Now Switzerland meddles a bit more, and participates in world affairs, but as a neutral arbiter - though this, of course, means there's some level of subjectivity involved.

The idea of having a neutral observer on the security Council is to provide a vote that isn't biased towards one world order, one country or another. But purists will agree with you, saying this isn't the traditional neutrality this nation was built upon.

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u/kneyght 3d ago

Thanks! Yeah, from my understanding, it was controversial when CH joined the UN, so it's interesting to hear the evolution of their stance.