What happens at the UN in Geneva?
Where is the UN in Switzerland?
What is UNOG?
Where is the office of the UN in Switzerland?
The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) is the second largest of the four major office sites of the United Nations. The UN office is housed at the historic Palais des Nations, originally built for the League of Nations in the 1930s. This beautiful art deco Palais overlooking Lake Geneva is the largest centre for conference diplomacy in the world. To give you an perspective, the UNOG services more than 8,000 meetings every year and with more than 1,600 staff, it is the biggest duty stations outside of United Nations headquarters in New York.
I personally, love the interior of all UN offices I have been to so far, most conference rooms have been decorated and furnished by beautiful gifts from Member States.
Did you know that you can visit the UN Geneva! Just book a guided tour, available in 15 languages!) or check out the virtual Tour of the Palais des nations https://www.unog.ch/virtual_tour/palais_des_nations.html
UNOG contributes significantly to the Organization’s efforts to maintain international peace and security, to advance disarmament, to protect and promote human rights, to eradicate poverty, to implement sustainable development practices and to provide fast, effective humanitarian relief in emergencies – to mention just a few of the tasks.
Geneva is with no doubt one of the diplomatic hubs of the world and is packed full of international business and corporation headquarters. On a trip through the cultural melting point Geneva you’ll hear multiple languages being spoken and you’ll see restaurants catering to all tastes. With some of the best ski slopes in the Alps, less than 2 hours away, and various water sports activities in front of your doorstep, Geneva it great city with a unique internationalised culture.
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