[Culturechat] CH in the UN

Vance Roy gigli.saw@dplanet.ch
Mon, 04 Mar 2002 14:08:15 +0100


> Vance, doesn't this, for the first time, make them vulnerable to military
> service throughout the world?  I'm not sure how this works.  What really
> motivated them to join?


There is no provision in the UN Charter to compel any member to enter 
hostilities. The Swiss already have some troops as peacekeepers in the 
Balkans. Since WW II, the Swiss have entered into many engagements that 
would have been non-neutral in some eyes.


Vance Roy
gigli.saw@dplanet.ch.