One of the four major offices of the United Nations
The Allée des Nations , with the flags of the member countries
The headquarters of the
World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters
The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG ,
French : Office des Nations Unies à Genève ) in
Geneva ,
Switzerland , is one of the four major offices
[a] of the
United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNOG administrative offices are located inside the
Palais des Nations complex, which was originally constructed for the
League of Nations between 1929 and 1938.
Besides United Nations administration, the Palais des Nations also hosts the offices for a number of programmes and funds such as the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).
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 specialised 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 .
UNOG produces an annual report
[1] where it lists all major events and activities that happened through a year.
Constituent agencies
Headquartered in Geneva
Presence at Geneva
Directors-general
Tatiana Valovaya , Russia, Director-General since 2019.
Wladimir Moderow , Poland, 1946–1951
Adriaan Pelt , Netherlands, 1952–1957
[2]
Pier Pasquale Spinelli , Italy, 1957–1968
Vittorio Winspeare-Guicciardi , Italy, 1968–1978
Luigi Cottafavi , Italy, 1978–1983
Eric Suy , Belgium, 1983–1987
Jan Mårtenson , Sweden, 1987–1992
Antoine Blanca , France, 1992–1993
Vladimir Petrovsky , Russia, 1993–2002
Sergei Ordzhonikidze , Russia, 2002–2011
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev , Kazakhstan, 2011–2013
Michael Møller , Denmark, 2013–2019
Tatiana Valovaya , Russia, 2019–present
[3]
Administrative history
United Nations Geneva Office, from beginning, Aug 1946 – Apr 1947, (IC/Geneva/1)
[4]
European Office of the UN, 11 Apr 1947 – 10 Aug 1948, (IC/Geneva/49)
[5]
United Nations Office at Geneva, 10 Aug 1948 – 9 Aug 1949, (IC/Geneva/152)
European Office of the UN, 9 Aug 1949 – 8 Dec 1957, (SGB/82/Rev.1)
United Nations Office at Geneva, 8 December 1957 – present, (SGB/82/Rev.2)
See also
Notes
References
^
"UNOG Annual Report" . UNOG Annual Report .
^ Pallas, Jean-Claude (2001). Histoire et Architecture du Palais des Nations . Geneva: United Nations. p. 383.
ISBN
978-92-1-200354-2 .
^
"The Director-General" . United Nations Office at Geneva. Retrieved 27 November 2013 .
^ UNOG Archives (1946). G II A −10/2/6 -1435 . UNOG.
^ UNOG Archives (1947). G II A −10/2/6 -1435 . UNOG.
Bibliography
Joëlle Kuntz, Geneva and the Call of Internationalism: A History , Éditions Zoé, 2011, 96 pages (
ISBN
978-2-88182-855-3 ).
External links
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