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International Social Services. The International Social Service (ISS) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1924. It provides assistance in resolving international child protection cases.

non_governmental_organization Switzerland

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global, CEO-led organisation of more than 250 multinational companies working to accelerate the transition to a sustainable and inclusive global economy.

organization Switzerland

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ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector. The International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of the three Sectors (branches) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is responsible for coordinating standards for telecommunications and Information Communication Technology, such as X.509 for cybersecurity, Y.3172 and Y.3173 for machine learning, and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC for video compression, between its Member States, Private Sector Members, and Academia Members.

organization standards_organization Switzerland

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Aare. The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

river Switzerland Europe

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KlimaB??ndnis-St??dte Schweiz

organization Switzerland

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ITU Telecommunication Development Sector. The ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) is one of the three sectors of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); it is responsible for creating policies, regulation and providing training programs and financial strategies in developing countries.

organization Switzerland

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Institut de Droit International. The Institute of International Law is an organization devoted to the study and development of international law, whose membership comprises the world's leading public international lawyers. Established in 1873, it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1904.

non_governmental_organization Belgium Switzerland

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations (UN). Its job is to "provide governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies". The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) set up the IPCC in 1988. The UN endorsed the creation of the IPCC later that year. It has a secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by the WMO. It has 195 member states who govern the IPCC. The member states elect a bureau of scientists to serve through an assessment cycle. A cycle is usually six to seven years. The bureau selects experts in their fields to prepare IPCC reports. There is a formal nomination process by governments and observer organizations to find these experts. The IPCC has three working groups and a task force, which carry out its scientific work.

intergovernmental_organization organization_established_by_the_United_Nations Switzerland

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human Switzerland

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Italian Lakes. The Italian Lakes are a group of large lakes lying on the south side of the Alps, in the basin of the river Po and the Mediterranean Sea. As their name suggests, they are essentially located in northern Italy; however, they are also partly located in southern Switzerland. They are all glacial lakes that formed after the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the last ice age. The group is composed of : Lake Orta, Lake Maggiore, Lake Varese, Lake Lugano, Lake Como, Lake Iseo, Lake Idro and Lake Garda. The three largest are all well over 100??km2; they are: Lake Garda, Lake Maggiore and Lake Como.

Italy Switzerland

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Swiss National Bank. The Swiss National Bank is the central bank of Switzerland, responsible for the nation's monetary policy and the sole issuer of Swiss franc banknotes. The primary goal of its mandate is to ensure price stability, while taking economic developments into consideration.

central_bank public_company Switzerland

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ITU Radiocommunication Sector. The ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) is one of the three sectors of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is responsible for radio communications.

organization standards_organization Switzerland

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Bern. Bern, or Berne, is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". With a population of about 146,000, Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000.

big_city city federal_capital Switzerland Europe

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.ch. .ch is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Switzerland in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

country_code_top_level_domain Switzerland

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Dufourspitze. The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc. It is located between Switzerland and Italy. The peak itself is located wholly in Switzerland.

mountain Switzerland

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Timezone

IANA_time_zone Switzerland

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Romansh. Romansh is a Romance language of the Gallo-Romance and/or Rhaeto-Romance branch of languages spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graub??nden). Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian. It also has official status in the canton of the Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin and Friulian as the Rhaeto-Romance languages, though this is disputed.

modern_language natural_language Switzerland

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Yiddish. Yiddish, historically Judeo-German or Jewish German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages, and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet.

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Grauspitz. The Grauspitz is a mountain in the R??tikon range of the Alps, located on the border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland. With an elevation of 2,599 metres (8,527??ft) above sea level, the Grauspitz is the highest mountain in Liechtenstein. It is also the highest summit of the R??tikon range west of the Schesaplana massif.

mountain Liechtenstein Switzerland

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Lake Maggiore. Lake Maggiore or Verbano is a large lake on the south side of the Alps divided between the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy to the south, and the Swiss canton of Ticino to the north. Located halfway between Lake Orta and Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore extends for about 64 kilometres between Locarno and Arona. It is the second largest lake in Italy and the largest in southern Switzerland.

lake Italy Switzerland

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International Lake Constance conference

organization Austria Germany Liechtenstein Switzerland

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Interparliamentary Union. The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members; other initiatives include advancing gender parity among legislatures, empowering youth participation in politics, and sustainable development.

intergovernmental_organization Switzerland

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Italian. Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It is a standardised form of literary Florentine Tuscan and, together with Sardinian, is the least differentiated language from Latin. Current estimates indicate that between 68 and 85 million people speak Italian, including approximately 64 million native speakers as of 2024.

modern_language natural_language Albania Croatia Eritrea Ethiopia Greece Italy Libya San Marino Slovenia Somalia Switzerland Vatican City

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CERN. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, a western suburb of Geneva, on the France???Switzerland border. It comprises 25 member states. Israel, admitted in 2013, is the only full member geographically out of Europe. CERN is an official United Nations General Assembly observer.

international_organization France Switzerland

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