[1] The current Permanent Representative is Pascale Baeriswyl, who will also assume a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council on 1 January 2023.
Switzerland held observer status in several United Nations (UN) organs since 1948, but did not join the UN over neutrality concerns[2] and was a full member only of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
[3] Peter Maurer succeeded Staehelin in 2004 and served as the head of the budget commission of the United Nations General Assembly for the term 2009–2010.
[5] Switzerland aimed to assist the United Nations to evolve into a more democratic body or to strengthen the ICC.
[6] During the tenure of the next ambassador, Jürg Lauber, the UN celebrated its 75th anniversary and had to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.