{"id":7170,"date":"2026-04-01T07:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/?p=7170"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:54:02","slug":"koff-statement-on-swiss-security-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/7170\/koff-statement-on-swiss-security-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"KOFF statement on Swiss Security Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Switzerland is currently developing its first Security Policy Strategy. As part of the public consultation, the Swiss Platform for Peacebuilding (KOFF) has submitted a joint statement endorsed by 31 member organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>It particularly highlights the need to:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strengthen&nbsp;prevention&nbsp;as a central pillar of security policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>broaden the understanding of security by integrating a\u00a0people-centered perspective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>systematically integrate&nbsp;civilian, prevention-oriented instruments&nbsp;alongside military measures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>more clearly recognize the contributions to security by&nbsp;peacebuilding, development&nbsp;cooperation,&nbsp;and humanitarian aid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement builds on broad discussions within the KOFF platform and reflects a shared conviction:&nbsp;Security must go beyond military responses.&nbsp;It is about preventing violence in the first place by addressing its root causes and investing in inclusive, peaceful societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full statement <a href=\"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/6_Dokumente\/KOFF_Joint_Submission_-_Security_Policy_Strategy_2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switzerland is currently developing its first Security Policy Strategy. As part of the public consultation, the Swiss Platform for Peacebuilding (KOFF) has submitted a joint statement endorsed by 31 member organizations. The statement builds on broad discussions within the KOFF platform and reflects a shared conviction:&nbsp;Security must go beyond military responses.&nbsp;It is about preventing violence <a href=\"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/7170\/koff-statement-on-swiss-security-policy\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  KOFF statement on Swiss Security Policy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"issue":[471],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"\u00e0 propos","author_link":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/author\/apropos\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Icon-announcement-600x332.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/category\/news-en\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 months ago","modified":"Updated 2 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 1, 2026","modified":"Updated on June 22, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 1, 2026 7:23 am","modified":"Updated on June 22, 2026 8:54 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7170"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7421,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7170\/revisions\/7421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7170"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koff.swisspeace.ch\/apropos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=7170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}