Achievements
Every day, key decisions that save and improve people's lives are taken in Geneva. These are often not reported in the international media’s headlines but they make a crucial difference for their beneficiaries nonetheless.
Geneva is the place where humanitarian relief for victims of floods, earthquakes or conflicts is coordinated; where responses to environmental challenges are devised; where the fight against deadly diseases is coordinated. It offers victims of abuse, torture and violence forums to be heard and seek redress. Governments come here to negotiate key agreements in the fields of trade, disarmament and conflicts. Regulatory frameworks for telecommunications and the protection of innovations are developed and implemented in this major cooperation platform.
Discover here how key decisions taken from Geneva have saved and improved people's life.
- Ridding the world of landmines
- Supporting the conclusion of an historic peace agreement in the Philippines
- Immunising children in developing countries
- Saving a precious llama of the Andes
- Preventing torture
- Redefining our way of life
- Supporting Solidarity's fight for workers rights
- Ensuring better telephone connections
- Restoring links between children and their families
- Helping Soweto students carry on with their lives
- Making a video call while walking on the shores of Lake Geneva
- Fighting Malaria
- Inventing the World Wide Web
- Protecting our products' origin
- Eradicating smallpox
- Addressing climate change
- Ensuring road traffic safety
- Ending the Cold War
- Increasing the energy efficiency of our TV and household appliances