Background: The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland's sovreignty and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers, and the country was not involved in either of the two World Wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations, has strengthened Switzerland's ties with its neighbors. However, the country did not officially become a UN member until 2002. Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations, but retains a strong commitment to neutrality.
July 24th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva sorrz about the zy thing, i know its annozing to tzpe so it has to be annozing to read!!
we got off the flight to geneva and it was probablz 70 degrees, what a nice change from rome. i totallz nee ... [full story]
July 24th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva Wednesday was our last day of anything productive as Thursday should consist only of a museum visit and a dinner with some of the UN delegates (despite publishing on Thursday, I’m writing this o ... 12 photos[full story]
July 21st 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva Lesson of the month: Do not make assumptions about your own intelligence with regards to technology... just read the friggin' manual.
I had all of these lovely photos of me and my new friends all a ... 6 photos[full story]
July 21st 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva Hi everyone! I have put in this entry a brief description of what I have been working on this summer. More will follow once I have a good draft of a final paper that I can post a link to.
I am work ... [full story]
June 28th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva after two weeks in croatia enjoying the sun it was always going to be a bit of a realitly check getting on a plane to the next country, destination Geneva Switzerland. after a stumble in split with o ... 6 photos[full story]
July 12th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva After eleven years of practise parades, finally, in its 12th year, Geneva welcomed the honeymooners with a parade around the lake! Interestingly inbetween every four or five floats was a bar float wh ... 25 photos[full story]
July 11th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva Hey There,
So, eventually these posts will slow down and I will not be overwhelming anymore inboxes every two days with meticulous updates... but there have been a lot of questions as to what it is ... [full story]
July 8th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva Unfortanley..Barcelona was not as beautiful as I expected. But nonetheless beautiful.
We saw all the usuals Las ramblas, las sangrdas familia, and the beach. On MOnday we went up the coast to Costa B ... [full story]
July 8th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva All right, so hopefully everyone's already aware that I am safely in Switzerland. Now, I am sitting in the UN Library with a bit of free time, so some classmates and I are here checking email, bloggin ... [full story]
July 7th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Geneva So, I've arrived in Geneva! And it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I am already having a wonderful time!! Further updates to come. ... [full story]
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