United Nations Office at Geneva

Geschichte

The United Nations Office at Geneva is the second-largest of the four major office sites of the United Nations . It is located in the Palais des Nations building constructed for the League of Nations between 1929 and 1938 at Geneva in Switzerland, and expanded in the early 1950s and late 1960s.Besides United Nations administration, it also hosts the offices for a number of programmes and funds such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe .The United Nations and its specialized agencies, programmes and funds may have other offices or functions hosted outside the Palais des Nations, normally in office spaces provided by the Swiss Government.UN specialized agencies and other UN entities with offices in Geneva hold bi-weekly briefings at the Palais des Nations, organized by the United Nations Information Service at Geneva.

"In the historic setting of the Palais des Nations, UN Geneva works tirelessly for a better future for all. Over 10,000 meetings are hosted here every year, each in different ways touching the lives of people across the globe.Our work is driven by our commitment to maintain international peace and security, to advance disarmament, to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, to protect and promote human rights, to gender equality, to eradicate poverty and provide fast, effective humanitarian relief in emergencies."