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	Encyclopedia: Swiss Council of States
		Supreme Court The Swiss Federal Council (in German, Schweizerische Bundesrat; in French, Conseil fÃ©dÃ©ral suisse; in Italian, Consiglio federale svizzero; in Romansh, Cussegl federal svizzer) is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the government of Switzerland, as well as assuming functions corresponding to those of the head of state...
		The President of the Swiss Confederation is he who leads the federal council of Switzerland, and is considered the primus inter pares (First among equals) of all the ministers of the Swiss Government.
		The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Swiss-Council-of-States (1391 words)

	Swiss Council of States Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Council of States of Switzerland (German: Ständerat, French Conseil des Etats, Italian Consiglio degli Stati) is the upper house of the parliament (Senate) and has 46 seats.
		There are currently (2002) 9 women in the Council of States (19.5%).
		The Swiss Council of States, is elected by the Swiss citizens as is the National Council.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/s/sw/swiss_council_of_states.html (185 words)

	Swiss Council of States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the Swiss Federal Constitution, the mode of election is left to the cantons; however, all cantons now provide for the councillors to be chosen by popular election.
		In all Cantons except for Zug and Graubünden, the Councillors are elected concurrently with the members of the National Council.
		There are currently (2005) 11 women in the Council of States (23.9%).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swiss_Council_of_States (238 words)

	Association of European Senates - The Senates and the Quality of Legislation
		The Council of States is often described in Switzerland as the Chamber of reflection.
		The Council of State issues its opinion on all drafts and proposals for laws, on their associated amendments, and any other matters referred to it by the government or by laws.
		In principle, the opinion of the Council of State is requested by the government before a draft law is presented to the Chamber of Deputies.
	www.senate.be /doc/misc/seneurop_13-11-2001_en.html (20543 words)

	Encyclopedia: Council of States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Council members departed from tradition and stood to unanimously adopt resolution 1368 (2001), by which they expressed the Council's readiness to take all necessary steps to respond to the attacks of 11 September and to combat all forms of terrorism in accordance with its Charter responsibilities.
		In a related provision, the Council called on all States to work together urgently to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of those terrorist attacks and stressed that those responsible for aiding, supporting or harbouring them would be held accountable.
		One by one, Council members expressed shock and grief at yesterday's attacks and offered their deepest condolences and support for the Government and people of the United States.Â Many agreed that the whole world, and not just one country, had been plunged into an unprecedented time of peril, fear and uncertainty.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Council-of-States (456 words)

	MUNICIPAL REFORM: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Swiss cantons participate in all federal affairs, be it amending the constitution, new legislation, or the implementation of federal affairs.
		The cantons are represented in the Council of the States, the second chamber of the Swiss parliament.
		Second, the Council of the States is not a federalist institution because unlike the German Bundesrat, it is not a representative of the executive of the member states (Heger 1990).
	www.decentralization.ws /icd2/papers/switzerland.htm (5498 words)

	CH-EU - Swiss European Policy - Important Steps after the no to the EEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cancellation of the extraordinary Council of Transport Ministers, schedulded for the purpose of finalising negotiations in the field of road transport and civil aviation, by the Dutch Presidency of the EU.
		The Council of Transport Ministers rejects the Swiss proposal for a road tax of CHF 600, insisting at the same time that immediate agreement be reached on a quota for 40t lorries.
		The Council of EU Transport Ministers in Brussels, while considering the Swiss approach constructive, refrains from taking any position either regarding gradual opening of the market or with respect to the principle of fiscal autonomy in the area of road transport, or indeed on the granting of the fifth freedom to Switzerland.
	www.europa.admin.ch /europapol/expl/etappen_lang/e (2470 words)

	MegaLaw - Switzerland
		Swiss Cantons - local governments in Switzerland by region.
		Swiss Reservations to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra Judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters of 1965 (English Translation)
		Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape
	www.megalaw.com /international/switzerland.php (398 words)

	FRONTLINE: Declaration of the Swiss Federal Council on the Eizenstat Report
		Because the Federal Council unfortunately had insufficient opportunity for inspection and coordination, this was necessarily of a preliminary nature.
		Therefore it is a matter of concern to the Federal Council that it expresses its critical position on comments in the report's foreword.
		In this sense the Federal Council is pleased to accept the offer of dialogue and joint cooperation which the American president expressed recently as the newly named Swiss ambassador presented his credentials.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nazis/readings/declaration.html (1727 words)

	Swiss Re RE-Source Award: 105 entries involving sustainable watershed management; Award Ceremony on 17 March 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As one of the world's leading reinsurers, Swiss Re is committed to promoting awareness of the water issue amongst its clients, shareholders and employees.
		Swiss Re is one of the world's leading reinsurers with over 70 offices in more than 30 countries.
		At the end of June 2002, Swiss Re's shareholders' equity amounted to CHF 18.3 billion and the total balance sheet stood at CHF 168 billion.
	www.swissre.com /INTERNET/pwswpspr.nsf/alldocbyidkeylu/CHAR-5JRJUN (557 words)

	Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Swiss Council of States has turned down both proposals put before it for a more liberal abortion law in Switzerland, and has referred the matter back to the Committee for Legal Affairs.
		If passed, the proposal would amend the Swiss constitution to allow abortion only in cases of "acute physical danger to the mother's life that cannot be avoided by any other means".
		The Swiss drug-regulatory board ruled that two pro-life groups, Swiss Assistance For Mother and Child and the Swiss Association Yes to Life, had no legal right to appeal the registration of the drug.
	www.lifecoalition.com /Swiss1.html (916 words)

	Arrangement for the execution of the Agreement between the Swiss Federal Council and the International Labour ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Swiss Federal Council will have regard to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this article in its negotiations with foreign Governments concerning the transfer of funds and goods.
		Swiss legations and consulates will be given instructions to grant visas without any delay or waiting period and without requiring the personal attendance of the applicant or the payment of charges.
		Officials of Swiss nationality of the categories fixed by common agreement between the Director of the International Labour Office and the Swiss Federal Council who travel on official mission or reside abroad on account of their functions shall be entitled to a diplomatic passport issued by the Federal Political Department.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/bureau/leg/agreements/switz2.htm (942 words)

	THE SWISS COUNCIL OF STATES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Belongs to the Council of States and to its members (as well as to the National Council and its members, any parliamentary group or committee, and, by correspondence, to the Cantons and the Federal Council).
		The members of the Council of States vote freely (they are not obliged to follow their party line).
		The members of the Federal Councils have a consultative role in the Council of States (as they do for the National Council) and the right to make proposals on matters under deliberation.
	www.senat.fr /senatsdumonde/english/suisse.html (521 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At stake are all 200 seats of the Swiss House of Representatives (National Council) as well as the majority of the Swiss Senate (Council of States).
		The two chambers are the National Council with 200 members and the Council of States, where each of the 46 members is a representative of a Canton (but not a delegate).
		This system, under which one council represents the whole population, and the other represents the cantons, reflects the two principles on which the structure of the State is founded: the democratic principle according to which every vote carries the same weight, and the federalist principle by which all the cantons are treated equally.
	www.swissemb.org /press/releases/171003.html (684 words)

	Swiss Council of States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Council of States of Switzerland (German: Ständerat, French Conseil des Etats, Italian Consiglio degli Stati) is the upper house of the Swiss parliament.
		List of Presidents of the Swiss Council of States
		List of members of the Swiss Council of States
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Council_of_States (238 words)

	The Nation, 10/15/1891 - Swiss and American Constitutionalism by Observer, An
		In both countries a body of States representing what must be called retrograde political ideas held their own for a length of tune with marvelous success against States of far greater power, which were the representatives of modern progress and enlightenment.
		...In both countries a body of States representing what must be called retrograde political ideas held their own for a length of time with marvellous success against States ot far greater power, which were the representatives of modern progress and enlightenment...
		...Freeman, knew anything about Swiss politics, and not the least among the many services the author of the 'History of Federal G-overnment' has rendered to the English people on both sides ot the Atlantic is his having at last taught the world that Switzerland possessed many things of interest besides her mountains...
	www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v053i1372_07.htm (2505 words)

	TICINO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the 15th century the Swiss Confederates conquered the valleys south of the Alps in three separate conquests.
		The Canton of Uri conquered the Leventina Valley in 1440.
		The weather in the canton is often inverse to that north of the Alps.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ti/Ticino.htm (881 words)

	Switzerland and the Council of Europe
		The Council of Europe is made up of various bodies including: the Committee of Ministers, comprising the foreign ministers of the 46 member countries; the Parliamentary Assembly, whose members are appointed by the national parliaments, and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe.
		The Council works primarily towards concluding conventions and agreements between European countries which form the basis for amending and harmonising their national laws.
		PDF This report, finished by January 31, 2005, not only describes the current state of the Council of Europe's activities, the involvement of Switzerland and of Swiss nationals with the organisation in Strasbourg and the problems and difficulties experienced by the CoE.
	www.eda.admin.ch /eda/e/home/foreign/intorg/eurco.html (412 words)

	National Council of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The number of deputies of each constituency depends on the population of the canton.
		There are currently (2005) 53 women in the National Council (26.5%).
		The National Council is elected by the Swiss citizens, as is most of the Swiss Council of States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Council_of_Switzerland (150 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The motion proposed by MP Theo Maissen and carried in the Swiss Council of States in December 2001, required the government not to implement the Swiss Wolf Concept and to release the country from all international obligations that mandate wolf protection.
		Under the Swiss Wolf Concept, the Swiss Cantons will continue to shoot wolves that cause damage to livestock and the Swiss Confederation will continue to compensate ranchers for livestock losses attributed to wolves.
		Opponents of wolf protection said that wolves would populate the Swiss Alps and that livestock owners would suffer because compensation for damages would be scrapped if the wolf's protected status was removed.
	timberwolfinformation.org /info/archieve/newspapers/viewnews.cfm?ID=835 (236 words)

	Swiss Council of States: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Council of States of Switzerland (A landlocked federal republic in central Europe) (German: Ständerat, French Conseil des Etats, Italian Consiglio degli Stati) is the upper house of the Swiss parliament (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)).
		In all Cantons except for Zug (additional info and facts about Zug) and Graubünden (additional info and facts about Graubünden), the Councillors are elected concurrently with the members of the National Council.
		With the exception of the Canton of Jura (additional info and facts about Canton of Jura), where a proportional representation election system is used, the representatives are elected by majority vote.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sw/swiss_council_of_states.htm (366 words)

	Swiss Council of States - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Swiss Council of States - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Swiss Council of States contains research on
		Swiss Council of States, Lists, Number of seats and population, External links, National legislatures and Parliament of Switzerland.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Swiss_Council_of_States (263 words)

	Swiss Federal Department of Finance FDF > Records > Media > Press Releases > Provision on the Use of Gold Reserves: ...
		The Federal Council Message on the ‘Gold Initiative’ of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) should be passed by Parliament as swiftly as possible.
		Note was made today of the detailed report on the conclusions of the consultation regarding the use of the remaining 800 tonnes of gold, which was approved for publication.
		In June 2000, the Federal Council presented two proposals for discussion on the use of 800 tonnes of gold from the Swiss National Bank’s reserves.
	www.efd.admin.ch /e/dok/medien/medienmitteilungen/2001/01/gold.htm (729 words)

	National Council of Switzerland: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The National Council of Switzerland (A landlocked federal republic in central Europe) is the large Chamber of the parliament and has 200 seats.
		The National Council is elected by the Swiss citizens, as is most of the Swiss Council of States (additional info and facts about Swiss Council of States).
		Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland (additional info and facts about Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Na/National_Council_of_Switzerland.htm (364 words)

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		After the State of Israel was proclaimed, he sent his legion across the border on May 15, 1948, seizing the West Bank and capturing Old Jerusalem.
		He served as ambassador to the United States (1970-80, 1986-88) and finance minister (1980-84) and was a presidential candidate in 2000 and 2004.
		He was a member of the Swiss Council of States (1878-80) and then of the National Council (1889-1917, serving as its president in 1901-02).
	www.rulers.org /indexa1.html (16481 words)

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