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On 23 February 2023, the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, known as the Declaration of Geneva, is 100 years old. This anniversary is the occasion to announce that the International Museum of the Reformation will present, from 27 April to 27 August, the exhibition "Déflagrations: more than a century of children's drawings in wars and mass crimes."
The exhibition will bring together more than 150 drawings by children who have witnessed, been victims of, and acted in armed conflicts from the First World War to the present day.
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Countries are spending more on health, but people are still paying too much out of their own pockets
WHO – 20 February 2019
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Cédric Dupont teaches international relations at the Graduate Institute Geneva, where he is also in charge of executive education programmes. Here, he tells us about his work over the summer months, his holiday plans as well as his favourite books, music and places to visit in the Geneva area this summer.
August 2014
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Tool to strengthen synergies and improve coordination to support Member States in achieving the SDGs
The UN Office at Geneva has mapped out the expertise on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) found across international organizations, NGOs and other institutions based in Geneva. This has been envisioned as a tool to help strengthen synergies, improve coordination to support countries achieve the SDG and provide Member States an overview of “who is doing what and where”. Over 75 organizations participated in the initial mapping exercise.
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As part of celebrations of the World Health Organization's 70th anniversary in 2018, WHO is staging a major health promotion event in Geneva on 20 May 2018.Genève internationale – 7 May 2018
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August 2012
What is going on this summer at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue?
Our mediation and dialogue work continues around the calendar. We have key processes on the Middle East, Sudan and elsewhere rolling through the summer. However, thanks to the beautiful Villa Plantamour, which houses the HD Centre and is located by the Lac Léman in the Park Mon Repos, we will still very much enjoy the summer!
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After a career in bilateral diplomacy and frontline missions as well as multilateral diplomacy in Brussels, Ambassador Julian Braithwaite, freshly appointed Head of the UK Mission to the UN and other international organisations, is now settling in Geneva. He can count on an extensive experience and will lead a team of 50. During the induction phase, traveling to West Africa, he could see by himself how Geneva-based organisations were working in the field to fight against the Ebola outbreak.
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March 2015
In this interview, Guy Ryder, ILO's Director-General tells us about the ILO, its work and impact, and the challenges it will have to address in the coming years and decades.
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August 2012
Tell us about UN-Water: why has a platform of this kind been created, what is its mandate, and how does it operate?
UN-Water is the coordination mechanism of the United Nations for all matters relating to water. It was set up in 2003, at the instigation of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), to establish or strengthen collaboration between agencies on certain key topics, such as freshwater resources and water and sanitation services, among others.
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© Luca Fascini
Alle Aktivitäten des internationalen Genfs auf einen Blick. Um über anstehende internationale Geneva-Veranstaltungen informiert zu bleiben, abonnieren Sie unseren wöchentlichen Newsletter.
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Summer interview 2014 – Arancha González, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC)
Arancha González is the Executive Director of the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC). In this interview, she tells us about her focus during the summer, holiday plans and her recommendations for summer reading, music and activities in the Geneva region.
July 2014
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August 2013
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Geneva, 21 March 2019
IRIN, a nonprofit newsroom reporting from the heart of conflicts, disasters, and other humanitarian crises, launched a new brand identity today: The New Humanitarian
First founded as an information department of the UN in 1995, IRIN became a fully independent media organization in 2015. It is one of only a handful of newsrooms in the world specializing in the coverage of crises and disasters, as well as reporting on the aid industry.
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© Bibliothèque de Genève
Genfs Geschichte der internationalen Zusammenarbeit lässt sich mit der Geschichte keiner anderen Stadt zu vergleichen.
Als 1863 eine kleine Gruppe Genfer Bürger das International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gründete, war der Grundstein für das erste internationale humanitäre Abkommen, die Genfer Konvention von 1864, gelegt.
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February 2013
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent states that aims to promote democracy, good government, human rights and economic development. The Commonwealth is present in Geneva through its Permanent Delegation to the United Nations. In 2011, the Commonwealth opened a new office in Geneva, offering working spaces and services to some of its small Member States. Anuja De Silva, from the Permanent delegation of the Commonwealth in Geneva, tells us more about it.
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View from the Ponte City Tour that dominates Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Ponte City project by Magnum photographer Mikhael Subotzky and artist Patrick Waterhouse.
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Spend a week with Scott Weber, the Director-General of Interpeace, and discover their work, impact, priorities and the challenges they are facing to build peace around the globe.
23 September 2014