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Tamer Aboalenin works as a foreign correspondent for the Kuwait News Agency in Geneva. He talks to us about his job , the issues he covers, and his views about the evolution of international Geneva's media coverage.
January 2014
Tamer Aboalenin works for the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) as its foreign correspondent in Geneva, covering both the United Nations and Switzerland. His office is located on the fifth floor of the Palais des Nations.
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© Luca Fascini
A page designed to help International staff being aware of the resources available to them in Geneva.
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View from the Ponte City Tour that dominates Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Ponte City project by Magnum photographer Mikhael Subotzky and artist Patrick Waterhouse.
Geneva Cities Hub press release - 2 March 2020
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Hiroyuki Maegawa works for the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun as its UN correspondent in Geneva. Asahi Shimbun, based in Tokyo, is one of Japan's leading newspapers. with 7.7 million copies a day for the morning edition and 2.9 million a day for the evening edition. It also has an English language online edition, as well as Chinese and Korean ones.
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Gunilla von Hall works for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet as its foreign correspondent in Geneva. She talks to us about her career, her job in Geneva, the issues she covers, and her views about the role media should play in international cooperation.
December 2013
Gunilla von Hall is the foreign correspondent in Geneva for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
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Welcome to this website on international Geneva!
For the last 150 years, Geneva has been proud to host a unique range of international organisations which work towards building a safer, more prosperous and more just world.
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August 2012
What's going on at the Geneva Foundation this summer?
This summer, I'm afraid, I have work to do for the Foundation on rainy days ...
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© Bibliothèque de Genève
No other city has a richer history of international cooperation than Geneva.
In 1863, a small group of Genevois created the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which led to the first international humanitarian treaty, the Geneva Convention of 1864.
In 1919, the city gained strength and momentum as a platform for dialogue and cooperation when the victorious states of World War I decided to establish the League of Nations and the International Labour Organization (ILO) there.
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Tarek Kamel is the Senior Advisor to ICANN's President for Government Engagement. He also heads ICANN's newly created office in Geneva. In this interview, he tells us about the role of ICANN's office in Geneva and his focus during the summer.
August 2014
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Could you tell us briefly what your organization does? What is your role?
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February 2013
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent states that aims to promote democracy, good government, human rights and economic development. The Commonwealth is present in Geneva through its Permanent Delegation to the United Nations. In 2011, the Commonwealth opened a new office in Geneva, offering working spaces and services to some of its small Member States. Anuja De Silva, from the Permanent delegation of the Commonwealth in Geneva, tells us more about it.
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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.