L'oeil de la Genève Internationale

Every week, discover a theme of International Geneva’s current events linked to an image of a renowned photographer.

2014

A family of Syrian refugees arrives in Arsal, Lebanon, after leaving Yabrud 6 hours earlier, 17 February 2014. Thousands of Syrians have crossed the border into Lebanon following an offensive on the city of Yabrud. UNHCR registered over 800 families on February 17 alone and has been disributing aid to thousands of new refugees.

UNHCR Lebanon / Syrian Refugees

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Distribution of clean drinking water in a camp hosting displaced people in Juba, South Sudan, by the ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross Society, January 2014

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Geneva Conference on Syria, Second round, Palais des Nations, 13 February 2014

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Great wetlands scavenger hunt on the occasion of the World Wetlands Day, Geneva, 30 January 2014

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World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Consultation on Syria, Ecumenical Centre, 16 January 2014

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Press conference of Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Palais des Nations, 24 January 2014

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Launch of the War Report by the Geneva Academy of international Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Maison de la Paix, 10 December 2013

Launch of the War Report, Geneva Academy of international Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, 10 December 2012

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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, Meeting of States Parties, Palais des Nations, 9 December 2013

Biological Convention

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International Geneva at the Automnales Fair on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Palexpo, 16 November 2013

Geneva international at the Automnales Fair on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG)

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2013

UNHCR, 2013 High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Protecting the Internally Displaced, Palais des Nations, 11 December 2013

UNHCR, High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Protecting the Internally Displaced, Palais des Nations, 11 December 2013

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Thirteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, Palais des Nations, 5 December 2013

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2013 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, Palais des Nations, 2 December 2013

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Visit of Urban Forests in Geneva on the occasion of the Resumed Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests4), 9 November 2013

Visit of Urban Forests in Geneva on the occasion of the Resumed Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests4), 9 November 2013