Federal popular initiative 'for Switzerland's membership of the United Nations (UN)'

Status: Completed
Outcome: ✅ Accepted at vote
Signature collection: 1998-09-08 – 2000-03-08
Voting date: 2002-03-03
Valid signatures: 124,772
Parliament recommendation: ✅ Acceptation de l'initiative
Federal Council recommendation: ✅ Acceptation de l'initiative
Form: Federal popular initiative (specific draft)
Constitutional article: Disp. transitoires Art. 24 (nouveau)

Initiative text

P>L'initiative populaire a la teneur suivante:

Les dispositions transitoires de la constitution fédérale sont complétées comme suit:

Art. 24 (nouveau)

¹La Suisse adhère à l'Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU).

²Le Conseil fédéral est autorisé à adresser au Secrétaire général de l'ONU une demande d'admission de la Suisse et une déclaration d'acceptation des obligations de la Charte des Nations Unies.

Timeline

2002-03-03 Inkrafttreten am AS 2002 885
2002-03-03 Abgestimmt am BBl 2002 3690
2001-10-05 Beschluss des Parlaments BBl 2001 5731
2000-12-04 Botschaft des Bundesrats BBl 2001 1183
2000-12-04 Entwurf Bundesbeschluss BBl 2001 1275
2000-04-11 Zustandegekommen am BBl 2000 2453
2000-03-08 Ablauf Sammelfrist
2000-03-06 Eingereicht am
1998-09-08 Sammelbeginn
1998-08-25 Vorprüfung vom BBl 1998 4371

Signatures by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

Canton	Submitted	Valid	Invalid	Share of population (%)
Zurich	31,721	31,687	34	2.62
Bern	20,003	19,716	287	2.09
Lucerne	4,924	4,894	30	1.41
Uri	430	425	5	1.21
Schwyz	1,179	1,173	6	0.9
Obwalden	235	235	0	0.72
Nidwalden	279	276	3	0.73
Glarus	552	549	3	1.42
Zug	1,724	1,700	24	1.71
Fribourg	2,602	2,594	8	1.1
Solothurn	2,442	2,422	20	0.99
Basel Stadt	12,190	12,190	0	6.5
Basel Landschaft	8,562	8,411	151	3.23
Schaffhausen	741	739	2	1.01
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	649	645	4	1.21
Appenzell Innerrhoden	91	91	0	0.61
St Gallen	5,493	5,491	2	1.22
Graubünden	1,781	1,778	3	0.95
Aargau	7,158	7,136	22	1.31
Thurgau	2,123	2,094	29	0.92
Ticino	2,010	1,984	26	0.64
Vaud	7,410	7,300	110	1.18
Valais	1,393	1,376	17	0.5
Neuchâtel	2,246	2,243	3	1.35
Geneva	6,568	6,238	330	1.53
Jura	1,399	1,385	14	2.01
Switzerland	125,905	124,772	1,133	1.73

Population estimates: Federal Statistical Office / HSSO

Popular vote of March 3, 2002: Le projet a été accepté (Yes 54.61% / No 45.39%)

Results by canton

Canton	Yes share (%)	Yes votes	No votes	Turnout (%)
Zurich	59.78	281,877	189,673	59.9
Bern	56.44	219,081	169,096	57.57
Lucerne	51.49	79,085	74,522	66.31
Uri	40.29	5,975	8,855	59.43
Schwyz	38.93	22,702	35,609	68.6
Obwalden	45.38	6,705	8,071	66.56
Nidwalden	46.46	8,691	10,017	69.01
Glarus	39.77	5,826	8,822	59.7
Zug	55.19	24,527	19,916	67.74
Fribourg	59.15	52,490	36,250	55.96
Solothurn	52.86	53,074	47,325	61.35
Basel Stadt	64.12	47,302	26,468	63.0
Basel Landschaft	58.84	61,192	42,811	59.41
Schaffhausen	45.43	15,532	18,654	72.61
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	45.47	10,739	12,881	66.46
Appenzell Innerrhoden	32.47	2,157	4,486	66.15
St Gallen	46.48	82,334	94,796	61.82
Graubünden	45.58	32,305	38,572	55.87
Aargau	48.89	101,277	105,892	58.13
Thurgau	43.22	35,572	46,736	58.61
Ticino	41.3	39,913	56,720	49.76
Vaud	63.53	107,584	61,747	46.47
Valais	51.48	46,786	44,088	49.36
Neuchâtel	65.23	44,272	23,596	65.81
Geneva	66.87	86,014	42,619	60.33
Jura	63.12	16,098	9,407	53.82
Switzerland	54.61	1,489,110	1,237,629	58.44