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Geneva City - Service of External Relations and Communication
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Republic and State of Geneva - International Affairs Directorate (DAI)
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Speech of Mr Olivier Coutau, Delegate for international Geneva, Republic and State of Geneva, on the occasion of the vernissage of the book "MEETINGS" (In French)
18 December 2012
"MEETINGS"
Lorsqu'il nous a été proposé par Christian Lutz, ce titre s'est imposé comme une évidence. L'ouvrage qui nous rassemble ce soir est fait de rencontres.
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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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United Nations Archives at Geneva
By Joëlle Kuntz*
Translated by Viviane Lowe
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Ambassador Stefano Toscano heads the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) since January 2014. He welcomed us in his office, at the Maison de la paix, to talk about his new responsibilities, his priorities for the Centre and the highlights for 2014.
April 2014
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The Geneva Cities Hub (GCH) launching event will take place on Tuesday 25 August at La Maison de la Paix. Supported by the Confederation, the canton, and the City of Geneva, the GCH aims to facilitate relations between global urban actors and Geneva-based international organizations, diplomatic missions, civil society organizations, and Academia. It will coordinate its activities with city networks through partnerships. Should you not be registered, you may follow the event live here.
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On 20 November 2020, the Young Activists Summit (#YAS20) will shine a spotlight on seven young activists who are advancing climate action, biodiversity, human rights, sustainable and ethical fashion issues.
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On 13 January 2022, in the framework of the Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution dialogues, and in partnership with UN-EMG and GRID-Arendal, the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) convenes you to the virtual conference "UN response to marine litter and plastic pollution." In the same field of expertise with this event co-organized by the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions and the Minamata Convention Secretariats, the GEN organizes the "8th Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund – Ambitions for the Chemicals and Waste Cluster," on 14 January. Here, a beach in Nice, France, in 2015 by Martin Parr.
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"How global governance needs to adapt to new world orders?" How do we accelerate the process from ideas to actions? What can be done now, and by whom? Those questions are at the core of the new digital publication "Geneva Policy Outlook," produced by the Geneva Graduate Institute. Key findings of this pilot edition, and a discussion with some authors on issues and negotiations to watch in 2023 will be presented at the launch event on 31 January. This school, built on stilts to avoid incidents due to the rise in water levels, was pictured by Sohrab Hura near Tacloban, Philippines. It is part of UNEP's commission of ten of Magnum's Photographers to document the solutions implemented to curb the rise of global temperatures. This photographic corpus resulted in the exhibition "We have the power: we are the change."