Pascale Baeriswyl

Pascale Baeriswyl (born, 1968 Bern) is a Swiss judge, diplomat and a politician of the Social Democratic Party (SP). She was the first woman State Secretary of State of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), the current Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and in June 2022 she was elected the Swiss representative to the Security Council of the United Nations.

Pascale Baeriswyl (2021)

Education and early life

Having studied in the Universities of Geneva, Basel and the Sorbonne in Paris ,[1] she graduated with a masters in public and private law and a masters in linguistics French literature and history from the University of Basel.[2][1] After graduating, she was a judge at the civil court in Basel for seven years[3] and worked as a researcher at the Swiss National Science Foundation.[4]

Diplomatic career

Baeriswyl entered in service of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) in 2000.[4] In 2001 she served in the Swiss Embassy to Vietnam in Hanoi,[4] where she was involved in the Directory of International Law until 2005.[5] Between 2005 and 2008 she served in the Embassy to the European Union in Brussels.[1] Between 2008 and 2013[5] she led the political department of the Embassy to the United Nations with a focus on the Security Council of the United Nations.[4] In 2013 she was granted the title Ambassador.[1]

Secretary of State of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

On appointment by the Federal Councilor Didier Burkhalter, she became the first woman State Secretary of the EDA in 2016.[6] In this function she led the negotiations with the European Union since April 2017.[7] After Ignazio Cassis assumed as the successor of Burkhalter, she was relieved from her duties in the negotiations with the EU, but stayed Secretary of State.[8] As Secretary of State she was the highest ranking diplomat[6] and responsible for the strategic development of the foreign policy and in charge of the 120 Swiss diplomatic missions throughout the world.[9] In September 2019 she was appointed the Swiss Representative to the United Nations.[4]

Representative to the United Nations

After on 9 June 2022 Switzerland was elected into the Security Council of the United Nations[10] she became the first diplomat to represent Switzerland in the Security Council.[11]

Political career

She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Basel Stadt and in 2019 was considered a successor of Eva Herzog in the Executive Council of Canton Basel Stadt.[8] She declined and Tanja Soland became Herzog's successor instead.[8]

References
  1. Wüthrich, Bernard (2016-09-30). "Pascale Baeriswyl succède à Yves Rossier". Le Temps (in French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  2. Baweriswyl, Pascale. "Globale Herausforderungen und Coronakrise". University of Basel (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  3. "Pascale Baeriswyl". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  4. "schweiz-uno Pascale Baeriswyl – Auf dem Sprung nach New York" (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  5. "Pascale Baeriswyl zur Staatssekretärin im EDA ernannt". www.eda.admin.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  6. Cassidy, Alan (30 September 2016). "Burkhalters überraschende Wahl". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  7. "Staatssekretärin Pascale Baeriswyl koordiniert ab dem 1. April 2017 die Verhandlungen mit der Europäischen Union". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  8. Leif, Simonsen (12 June 2019). "Die Basler SP buhlt um Staatssekretärin Pascale Baeriswyl". BZ. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  9. "EDA-Staatssekretärin Pascale Baeriswyl übernimmt 2020 die Leitung der Mission der Schweiz bei der UNO in New York". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  10. "Switzerland's election to the UN Security Council". www.eda.admin.ch. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  11. Fellmann, Fabian. "Schweiz im UNO-Sicherheitsrat – Der grosse Moment der Pascale Baeriswyl". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
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