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With whom does the SDC cooperate?

Since joining the UN in 2002 and the Bretton Woods Institutions (the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund) in 1992, Switzerland has become a member of all important multilateral development institutions and thus collaborates with UN organizations, international financial institutions and multilateral networks.

Widespread membership as well as strong potential in capital and knowledge make multilateral organizations key players in development cooperation. The following organizations are especially significant for Switzerland’s work:

Quickfinder: Organizations A - Z AfDB AsDB ECDPM EU FAO GKP ICRC IDB IDEA IFAD IFRC IWF OECD SOUTH CENTRE UNAIDS UNDP UNFPA UNHABITAT UNHCR UNICEF UNIFEM UNRWA UNO UNV WB WFP WHO WTO

UN-Organizations UNDP - Development program UNICEF - Children's fund UNRWA - Agency for palestine refugees in the Near East UNFPA - Population fund UNHCR - Office of the high commissioner for refugees IFAD - International fund for agricultural development WHO - World health organization UNAIDS - Program on HIV/AIDS WFP - World food program FAO - Food and agriculture organization UNHABITAT - Human settlements program UNIFEM - Development fund for women UNV - Volunteers program

International financial institutions WB - World bank IMF - International monetary fund AfDB - African development bank AsDB - Asian development bank IDB - Inter-american development bank IFAD - International fund for agricultural development Additional international organizations and networks WTO - World trade organization OECD - DAC - OECD Development Assistance Committee ICRC - International committee of the Red Cross IFRC - International federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies EU - European union

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Not limited to merely being a financial supporter of the above UN organizations, international financial institutions and several additional organizations, Switzerland also actively influences their policy orientation and maintains contact with them as a daily matter of course. Often, Switzerland is represented in the executive committees of such multilateral institutions, enabling it to influence all aspects of the institution, and making it possible to enter into discussions on important multilateral cooperation themes.