The Secretary-General met today, in Davos, Switzerland, with the President of the Swiss Confederation, Micheline Calmy-Rey. The Secretary-General welcomed Switzerland's contribution to the work of the United Nations as well as the priority given by the Government of Switzerland to preventive diplomacy and mediation.

They also exchanged views on Cyprus, the Conference on Disarmament and the Human Rights Council, following the Secretary-General's activities in Geneva in the two previous days. They discussed in detail the next steps concerning the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability and the need to take full advantage of the opportunity presented by Rio 2012.