Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may del­eg­ate re­spons­ib­il­ity for con­clud­ing, amend­ing or with­draw­ing from in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies to a de­part­ment. In the case of treat­ies of lim­ited scope, or of amend­ments or with­draw­als of lim­ited scope, it may also del­eg­ate this re­spons­ib­il­ity to a group or fed­er­al of­fice.

² It provides the Fed­er­al As­sembly with an an­nu­al re­port on the treat­ies con­cluded, amended or with­drawn from by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, the de­part­ments, groups and fed­er­al of­fices. Only the Con­trol Del­eg­a­tion re­ceives no­tice of con­fid­en­tial or secret treat­ies.