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They are Monarchy, Presidents, Ministers, diplomats, and delegates that come to Geneva to stand for their convictions, change the course of history and build a better future. Discover some of the personalities who have placed Geneva under the scoop since 1926.
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The 9th edition of the Geneva Health Forum will take place from 3 to 5 May under the theme "Covid-19 Pandemic and Environmental Emergency: Reinventing Global Health in times of Global Changes." You may access the program and register here. Above, the MFS team disinfect the lakes in Magaria, Niger, to avoid the risk of Malaria. This picture was taken by Zied Ben Romdhane in July 2021.
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The 113th Session of the IOM Council will take place from 29 November to 2 December. As underlined by Director General Antonio Vitorino in the 2023 Programme and Budget: "the past year has been one of institutional growth at a time of proliferating crisis (...) New challenges have emerged to which IOM has been called to respond, from Afghanistan to Pakistan, to Ukraine, while still supporting long-standing displacement situations from Bangladesh to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to Yemen." This scene was taken in the Rawdah camp for IDPs in Marib, Yemen by Magnum photographer Moises Saman in 2021.
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The 92 session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) starts today, 16 January, until 3 February. The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights that must be realized for children, adolescents, and teenagers to develop to their full potential, and be protected from violence, abuse, and harm. This photograph was taken in Belbedji, Niger, in July 2021 by Zied Ben Romdhane. It is part of the story "Children of the Rain" and selected in the Witnesses: 50 years of Doctors Without Borders project.
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On 3 February 2022, PHAP and the ICVA invite you to the 3rd session of The Climate Charter – A Practical Guide webinar series, which will focus this time on "Practical tools and initiatives for reducing environmental impact in humanitarian action." You may register here. This picture was taken in August 2021 at Darbal, Rif Dimashq governorate in Syria, when the ICRC and the Syrian Red Crescent installed a solar pumping system and tank to supply 5,000 people with drinking water.
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Nov 2, 2021 to Nov 3, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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On 10 February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and, World Health Organization (WHO) present a webinar on International instruments on the use of antimicrobials across the human, animal, and plant sectors. In 2017, the photojournalist Patrick Zachmann reported the work and lives of the Cambimba Village's farmers, Morroa, Colombia, supported by the FAO.
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Nov 15, 2021 to Nov 17, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Feb 8, 2021 to Feb 12, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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In the framework of the series of discussions "Connect with the GENvironment, Friday conversations with an environmental expert," the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) invites you on 14 May to meet Alice Tipping, Lead, Fisheries Subsidies at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Photographer Nanna Heitmann immortalized those fish caught by ice fishermen in 2019.
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This January 30, 2022 will mark the third annual World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (World NTD Day), which aims to raise global awareness for the urgent need to end Neglected Tropical Diseases. Geneva will show its support by illuminating the Jet d'eau from dusk until 10:30 pm.
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Feb 1, 2021 to Feb 3, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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From 22 to 26 November, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) organizes the GEOWeek2021. This event convenes scientists, researchers, UN representatives, policymakers, and academics to discuss how earth observation, notably through the lens of nexus thinking, addresses climate change, biodiversity, the ocean, and ecosystem restoration. Most of the GEOWeek2021 will run on the following Airmeet event platform. Here, the remains of an ancient forest, possibly dead around 3500 BC, on the beach at Ynyslas, in Wales, Great Britain, pictured by David Hurn in 2008.
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Jan 20, 2021 to Jan 22, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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On the occasion of the High-Level Officials Meeting held on 14 and 15 December, and to mark UNHCR 70 years of protecting, saving, and transforming millions of lives, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi shares his point of view through a selection of commented images from the Magnum Photos collection.
The UNHCR in 7 images by Filippo Grandi