Today in Lviv, the 🇨🇭 Ambassador Félix Baumann met with the Head of the Lviv regional administration, Maksym Kozytskyy.
The focus is on the Swiss-supported health & mental health projects, social infrastructure, economic development of the region.

I met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Ukraine Felix Baumann.

We discussed areas of further cooperation with Switzerland to better protect human rights in Ukraine!
Swiss Embassy Kyiv

AMBs Geissbühler & Schaer Swiss MFA met 1st Dep PM Yulia Svyrydenko & Dep Minister of Economy Ihor Bezkaravainyi in #Kyiv to discuss humanitarian #demining , 🇨🇭/🇺🇦 priorities & cooperation in mine action in #Ukraine and the upcoming Ukraine Mine Action Conference ( #Lausanne , Oct 2024).

🇨🇭 supports healthy nutrition 🍏 for children in educational institutions in 🇺🇦.
Recently, Swiss Development and Cooperation funded the development and compilation of a new edition of school meals. 600+ dishes of Ukrainian & world cuisine, for children with special nutritional needs.

Implementation of the National Mine Action Strategy, coordination of international assistance, funding attraction, and technological innovation are strategic goals of Ukraine in the field of mine action. We raised these topics during the Donor Coordination Workshop on Mine

Заступниця керівника Офісу Президента України Юлія Соколовська зустрілася з Послом Швейцарії в Україні Феліксом Бауманном, керівником Управління миру та прав людини, послом Федерального департаменту закордонних справ Швейцарії Сімоном Гайссбюллером та їхніми колегами.

School meals are vital for children's health, especially in times of war. A new WHO policy brief emphasizes the need for universal free school meals policy, ensuring all students within a school, region or country receive a school meal at no cost.

More: bit.ly/4azwu

AMB Simon Geissbühler & 🇨🇭 delegation exchanged w/ Anton Demokhin, Deputy Foreign Minister & Chief Digital Transformation Officer MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦, on bilateral cooperation, digital #diplomacy , e-government, #CyberSecurity and challenges & opportunities of #AI for foreign policy.

During his visit to #Ukraine️ , AMB Simon Geissbühler laid flowers Holodomor Museum in #Kyiv to honor the millions of victims of the #Holodomor 1932/33 🇺🇦.

Industrially produced trans fat poses serious health risks. W/Swiss Embassy Kyiv support, WHO conducted FEEDCities project & analysed 120 food samples. Study showed that over 30% of food items exceeded max trans fats limit. Strong compliance measures are needed to address this risk factor

In Donetsk region, Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit and Swiss Development and Cooperation continues to support local people who are suffering from shelling, water shortages, blackouts and destruction of critical infrastructure.
Learn about the situation on the ground and 🇨🇭 support from the first hand 👇

Today in #Kyiv , AMB Simon Geissbühler & 🇨🇭 delegation had inspiring discussions w/ several religious leaders on #pluralism , social cohesion & diversity, societal & democratic #resilience as core strengths of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 and on interreligious #dialogue .

Our team is in #Kharkiv today. The critical energy and civilian infrastructure of the city have been under the constant shelling.
Yesterday, electrical equipment and a transformer, donated by 🇨🇭, were delivered to the city to support the uninterrupted water supply to people.

After the visit of the 🇺🇦 President Zelenskyy to 🇨🇭 earlier this year, Switzerland began working on preparations for a high-level conference on peace in Ukraine.
🇨🇭 already held talks with G7 , the EU and representatives of the Global South.
More – bit.ly/3JfmkSw

I spoke with Viola Amherd and thanked Switzerland for its consistent support, including today's decision to allocate 5 billion Swiss francs for the restoration of Ukraine.

We discussed preparations for the first Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, which is scheduled for June of