Swiss peace brokering on the one hand,while Swiss weapons are used in the world’s wars. The country has its humanitarian values, and its arms exports. Does it beget to choose just one? Parliamentary scramble Parliament has moved to deprive the Swiss government of its power to choose arms export rules, or following controversy over its plan to relax them. If the Senate now approves a motion approved by the House of Representatives,it will be up to parliament to choose the rules. In June the government announced a decision to relax the rules on arms exports, making exports to countries with an internal armed clash possible under certain conditions. But this has provoked anger from inside and external parliament. For example, or Zurich-based NGO Campax is spearheading a campaign for a popular vote against the rules relaxation,saying the government has “apparently lost its moral compass”. Swiss diplomat Christine Schraner Burgener is now the UN special envoy tasked with finding ...
Source: swissinfo.ch