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International Geneva obliging, Geneva airport is one of the few airports in the world to have a Protocol Service.
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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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„Rezepte für Frieden, Rechte & Wohlbefinden zusammengestellt im internationalen Genf“ ist eine einzigartige Zusammenstellung, welche die Expertise und die weitreichende Auswirkung vom internationalen Genf aufzeigt. Das Ziel dieses Kochbuches ist es auf kreative Weise die Bedeutung vom internationalen Genf zu vermitteln und somit verschiedene Erfolge in Bereichen wie Gesundheit, Wissenschaft, Entwicklung und Diplomatie aufzuzeigen.
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Internationalität verpflichtet: Genève Aéroport gehört zu den wenigen Flughäfen weltweit, die einen Protokolldienst anbieten.
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Internationalität verpflichtet: Genève Aéroport gehört zu den wenigen Flughäfen weltweit, die einen Protokolldienst anbieten.
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Juillet 2015
Quelle odeur vous fait penser aux vacances?
L'odeur des pins et des jacarandas.
Votre premier souvenir de vacances?
Les grands navires transatlantiques partant du port de Gênes et l'émotion autour de leur départ.
Votre meilleur souvenir de vacances?
Les vacances à la plage et en famille en Italie. Je me souviens en particulier du trajet gare/hôtel en Fiat 500 avec trois valises sur le toit et quatre personnes plus le chauffeur coincés à l'intérieur.
Le pire?
Le mal de mer.
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Matt Pollard est conseiller juridique principal et représentant auprès de l'ONU, Centre pour l'indépendance des magistrats et des avocats de la Commission internationale de juristes.
Juillet 2015
Quelle odeur vous fait penser aux vacances?
Je viens de la côte ouest du Canada: le parfum de l'été, c'est celui des pins qui chauffent au soleil, mêlé à la brise salée qui vient de l'océan. Je ne vais pas au Canada cet été mais je découvrirai les parfums forestiers autour de Genève!
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Quelle odeur vous fait penser aux vacances?
L'odeur de l'océan : difficile à décrire car l'eau n'a pas d'odeur. Mais pour moi, c'est un arôme particulier et apaisant. Ce doit être le mélange d'algues et de vie maritime ramené sur la plage par les vagues qui en ont écumé des morceaux et les ont brassés pour en donner un parfum plein de fraîcheur.
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October 2015
For the last 30 years, the Right Livelihood Award has been given to people who have demonstrated « outstanding vision and work on behalf of our planet and its people ».
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On 29 November 2015 at the Victoria Hall, Antoine Marguier will conduct the United Nations Orchestra and the invited cellist Camille Thomas. The concert will focus on Romantic music and composers Piotr Illitch Tchaïkovsky and Robert Schumann. Interview with this conductor who is also co-founder and art director at the United Nations Orchestra.
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Competing with Brussels to host the headquarters of the League of Nations after the First World War, Geneva played one of its strongest cards: the romantic beauty of its lakeside setting, facing Mont Blanc. Only the best would do for the Council of the League of Nations. The people of Geneva complied, though not without a tinge of regret. This first article describes the reasons and circumstances leading to the establishment of the international quarter in the district it occupies today.
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United Nations Archives at Geneva
Von Joëlle Kuntz*
Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Claudia Steinitz und Corinna Popp
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The imposing sandstone building by the lake known today as Palais Wilson, wich has served as the headquarters of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights since 1998, is the oft- revived corpse of an unlucky structure. Built between 1873 and 1875 by the Genevan architect Jacques-Elisée Goss (1839–1921), whose legacy includes the Geneva Opera, it was originally designed as a luxury hotel for wealthy Europeans touring the continent.
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This fourth article about the architecture of international organizations in Geneva examines the role of design competitions in the development of new architectural forms and building techniques. As of the 1960s, modernism had outgrown its early-twentieth-century timidity to become fully established. Le Corbusier’s protest over the rejection of his design for the Palace of Nations was instrumental in bringing about this change.
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This sixth article in the series on the architectural history of international organizations in Geneva considers the urban planning dilemma caused by the building of the Palace of Nations on the Ariana estate. A dilemma that was tackled, but never resolved, by several international architectural competitions occurring over the course of 50 years. A minimalist solution emerged only in 2000, after a final contest.
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This seventh article in the series on the architectural history of international organizations in Geneva focuses on the decision to locate the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) at the Place des Nations. It describes a first attempt to implement André Gutton’s proposal for the square, and the restrictions it imposed on both architects and users. Though more modest than originally planned, the ITU block and tower nonetheless contributed to the move toward modernism in Geneva’s international quarter.