I te 18 Paenga-whāwhā 1999 te taupori Swiss me nga cantons pōti i roto i te pai o te ture federal tino whakahoutia. I roto i te 2002 riro Switzerland he mema tonu o te United Nations, mahue te Vatican City rite te kāwanatanga whakamutunga whānui mohiotia kahore mema tonu o te UN. Switzerland ko te mema whakatū o te EFTA, engari e kore e he mema o te Pākehā Economic Area. tono mō te mema i roto i te Pākehā Union i tonoa i roto i te Mei 1992, engari e kore i mua mai i te EEA i whakakahoretia i roto i Hakihea 1992 ka ko Switzerland te whenua anake ki te whakarewa i te referendum i runga i te EEA. Kua reira kua maha referendums i runga i te EU mai i reira; e tika ana ki te whakahe i te iwi, kua te mema i tangohia. Heoi, kua whakaritea te ture Swiss ki ngā whakaaetanga motuhake e te tino rite ki te ture o te United Nations, ka waiho i te Vatican City rite te whenua whakamutunga whānui mohiotia kahore mema tonu o te UN.
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