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On 4 May 2022 the Federal Council will adopt Switzerland's second voluntary national review on its implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The SDGital2030 website will also be launched on that day. The global community needs diversity and innovation to help our world develop more sustainably, said President Ignazio Cassis. Anyone can help make the Agenda's 17 goals a reality, as the examples from Switzerland's different language regions show.

At the end of 2021, more than one in ten Swiss nationals were living abroad – some 788,000 in total. The share of the Swiss population living abroad increased by 1.5% compared to 2020. Almost two-thirds were living in Europe. A few countries experienced significant increases. Below are the main findings of the Federal Statistical Office's statistics for 2021 on the Swiss abroad, published at the end of March.

Switzerland is working to ensure that women play an active role in conflict prevention and peace processes, and that their rights are protected. The Women Peace and Security Focal Points Network, of which Switzerland and 90 other countries and organisations are members, is a key instrument to this end. Switzerland is co-chairing the network with South Africa in 2022. What objectives do the co-chairs pursue? An interview with Talia Wohl, Switzerland's representative in the Network.

21 February 2022 marks the start of Romansh Language Week ('Emna rumantscha'), an initiative launched last year by the FDFA in cooperation with the Canton of Graubünden and the Lia Rumantscha. Twelve pupils from the secondary schools of Savognin and Scuol travelled to Bern at the invitation of the president of the Swiss Confederation with a suitcase of ideas for promoting the Romansh language and culture in Switzerland and abroad.

Ils 21 da favrer 2022 cumenza l'emna internaziunala da la lingua rumantscha («Emna rumantscha»). Questa iniziativa è vegnida lantschada l'onn passà dal DFAE en collavuraziun cun il chantun Grischun e cun la Lia Rumantscha. Quest onn ha il president da la Confederaziun envidà dudesch scolaras e scolars dal stgalim secundar da Savognin e da Scuol a Berna. Els han purtà cun sai ina valisch plain propostas per render enconuschenta la lingua e la cultura rumantscha en Svizra ed a l'exteriur.