Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATION
 OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 OF THE
 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I,
 Josef Mettler, certify that:

1. I
 have reviewedthis report on Form 10-Q of SunVesta, Inc.;
 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
 or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
 were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;   
 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
 this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
 operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and
 for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The
 registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and
 maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)
 and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

a)Designed
 suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to
 be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
 subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
 is being prepared;

b)
      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
 reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
 the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)     Evaluated
 the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
 effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
 and

d)Disclosed
 in this report any change in the registrants
 internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
 most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth
 fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
 materially affect, the registrants internal control over
 financial reporting; and

5.The
 registrants other certifying officer(s) andI have disclosed,
 based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
 reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
 committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
 functions):

a)All
 significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are
 reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
 ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)Any
 fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
 role in the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.



Date:
 May13, 2009



/s/
 Josef Mettler

Josef
 Mettler

Chief
 Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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