1.   After months of international accusations about Swiss collusion with the Nazis, the government in March came up with the idea of the solidarity foundation.

2.   The fund is separate from the government proposed solidarity foundation.

3.   The fund is separate from the government-proposed solidarity foundation.

4.   The solidarity foundation is separate from a fund recently set up by Swiss banks and industry solely for Holocaust victims.

5.   Villiger told reporters Friday that the planned solidarity foundation is meant to address general concerns rather than individual cases.