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.

 

2021

This portrait was taken in Harare, Zimbabwe in 2020. Martha Maocha runs a detergent manufacturing company and makes hand sanitizing gel
KB Mpofu / ILO

The President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, and ILO's Director-General, Guy Rider, will open the Plenary session of the 109th International Labor Conference (ILC) to be held from 7 to 19 June 2021.

7 June 2021
This unexpected portrait was taken by Peter van Agtmael in New York on 18 March 2020
Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos

On 26 May 2021, the Graduate Institute inaugurates the Geneva debate under the theme « La Maison estime que: the state should make vaccination against Covid-19 a legal requirement for its residents. » Initiated by students, the Geneva debate seeks to become the space where the most pressing challenges are discussed, reflected and where solutions are exposed in front of a jury.

25 May 2021
This impromptu barber set-up was pictured by Peter van Agtmael at the Al-Khazer IDP camp, in Iraq, in 2017
Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos

On 20 May 2021, the Internal Displacement monitoring centre (IDMC) organizes the virtual launch of the 2021 Global report on Internal Displacement. This impromptu barber set-up was pictured by, Magnum Photographer, Peter van Agtmael at the Al-Khazer IDP camp, in Iraq, in 2017.

17 May 2021
Photographer Nanna Heitmann immortalized those fish caught by ice fishermen in Siberia, Russia, in 2019
Nanna Heitmann / Magnum Photos

In the framework of the series of discussions "Connect with the GENvironment, Friday conversations with an environmental expert," the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) invites you on 14 May to meet Alice Tipping, Lead, Fisheries Subsidies at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Photographer Nanna Heitmann immortalized those fish caught by ice fishermen in 2019.

10 May 2021
This moving scene of a reunited family took place in July 2016 in the Makamba province, Burundi.
Juliana Amador Mesa / ICRC

On 11 May 2021, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Central Tracing Agency (CTA), the ICRC and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) organize the high-level online discussion "Transforming the global response for missing persons" with the participation of Ignazio Cassis, Federal Councilor, and head of the FDFA and Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC. This moving scene of a reunited family took place in July 2016 in the Makamba province, Burundi.

3 May 2021
Lorenzo Meloni took this image of bloodstains from an explosion of a landmine in Sirte, Lybia in July 2016. "The commander of a bomb disposal unit was killed whilst he was trying to dismantle the mine".
Lorenzo Meloni / Magnum Photos

"The Use of Remote Sensing and AI in the Mine Action Sector" is the theme of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) multi-sectorial webinar on 20 and 22 April 2021.

19 April 2021
Patrick Zachmann pictured this scene above at "La Cravate Solidaire," an association that trains jobseekers before recruiting interviews. Here an advisor teaches how to tie a tie
Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

From 12 to 15 April 2021, the "Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment" will convene global players with a multi-sectoral approach to enhance fair, ethical, and responsible recruitment of migrant workers. Patrick Zachmann pictured this scene above at "La Cravate Solidaire," an association that trains jobseekers before recruiting interviews. Here an advisor teaches how to tie a tie. 

12 April 2021
This image of doctors and nurses treating a suspected COVID-19 patient, was taken by Magnum photographer Lorenzo Meloni at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy on 23 March 2020
Lorenzo Meloni / Magnum Photos

For the release of the French version of its very first report "Playing with Lives: Cyberattacks on Healthcare are Attacks on People", the CyberPeace Institute organizes a virtual seminar on 30 March 2021. This image of doctors and nurses treating a suspected COVID-19 patient, was taken by Magnum photographer Lorenzo Meloni at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy on 23 March 2020.

29 March 2021
In 2017, Magnum photographer Alex Webb pictured this scene of swimmers in the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China
Alex Webb / Magnum Photos

On 22 March 2021, World Water Day, the Geneva Cities Hub and UN-Habitat organize, in collaboration with the Geneva Water Hub, the online debate "Water & Sanitation in the City: Good & Bad experiences, what are the lessons?" This high-level discussion is a first of a series entitled "Geneva Urban Debates". In 2017, Magnum photographer Alex Webb pictured this scene of swimmers in the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China.

22 March 2021
The internationally recognized photographer Matthias Bruggmann took this image in Haas, Reff Idlib, Syria, on 1 May 2014. Of this scene suspended in time, Bruggman states: "these children are watching an airstrike on Shinshirah, one of the "dead cities" UNESCO world heritage site." This photograph is part of the book "An Act of Unspeakable Violenc
© Matthias Bruggmann / Galerie Polaris Paris

On 16 March 2021, the Graduate Institute holds the online event "A decade of war in Syria: What have humanitarian agencies learned?" with Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General and emergency relief coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

15 mars 2021
The Palais des Nations photographed by Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2020
Tatiana Valovaya

From 24 February to 17 March, the exhibition "Palais des Nations: A Time for Reflection", co-organized by the Center of Photography Geneva (CPG) and the UN Geneva Perception Change Project, will be presented in the Geneva public display space.

8 March 2021
This scene takes place in Greenland in 2008. Photographed by Olaf Otto Becker, it belongs to the series "Above Zero" testimony on the glacial melting seen from inland. It is part of the current collective exhibition "Civilization-Quelle époque!" at the Mucem until 28 June 2021
Olaf Otto Becker, Point 660, 2, 08/2008 67°09’04’’N, 50°01’58’’W, Altitude 360M, de la série "Above Zero", 2008

On Wednesday, 3 March, the IUCN will host two Ministerial panels on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Recovery. Ten governments will join IUCN's Director-General, Dr. Bruno Oberle, to discuss the benefit of NbS for more sustainable and resilient societies. The scene above takes place in Greenland in 2008.

1 March 2021
The "Dream of Dragons", a girls and disabled (deaf) football team photographed by Chris Steele-Perkins in 2016 at Zhanjiang, China
Chris Steele-Perkins / Magnum Photos

From 22 February to 23 March, the Human Rights Council holds its 46th regular session. United Nations' highest body dedicated to the protection and promotion of Human Rights will notably address racism, poverty, children's rights, and the rights of people with disabilities. You may watch the session live on UN Web tv.

22 February 2021
An office at the Lhoist headquarters in Brussels, Belgium by Magnum photographer Mark Power
Mark Power / Magnum Photos

On 18 February 2021, the Geneva Internet Platform invites you to the 6th Geneva Engage Awards online ceremony. Besides the three prizes granted for social media outreach and online engagement, a new award will be given for innovative and effective approaches to conducting remote meetings.

15 February 2021
In 2017, the photojournalist Patrick Zachmann reported the work and lives of the Cambimba Village's farmers, Morroa, Colombia, supported by the FAO
Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

On 10 February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and, World Health Organization (WHO) present a webinar on International instruments on the use of antimicrobials across the human, animal, and plant sectors. In 2017, the photojournalist Patrick Zachmann reported the work and lives of the Cambimba Village's farmers, Morroa, Colombia, supported by the FAO.

8 February 2021
The artist Ilkka Halso places nature and its protection at the center of his concerns. Here, an injured tree is admitted to intensive care.
Ilkka Halso, from the series Restoration, Untitled (7) 2000

On 3 February 2021, the Geneva Environment Network (GEN) organizes the High-Level Briefing on the 5th Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. The artist Ilkka Halso places nature and its protection at the center of his concerns. Here, an injured tree is admitted to intensive care.

1 February 2021
2021 International Year of the Elimination of Child Labour
ILO

On 21 January, the ILO will launch the 2021 International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.

19 January 2021
This image was taken by Magnum photographer Antoine d'Agata at the intensive unite of a French hospital during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020. It is part of the book "Virus" published at Studio Vortex.
Antoine d'Agata / Magnum Photos

To mark the launch of the DigitHarium, the ICRC presents "Digital dilemmas #1: Data protection in a Covid world", with Massimo Marelli, Head of Data Protection Office (ICRC) and Joseph A. Cannataci Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy (OHCHR), on 12 January 2021, at 2 pm.

12 January 2021

2020

Le service de la Genève internationale vous souhaite de démarrer 2021 en fanfare!
© Archives des Nations Unies à Genève

The Office of International Geneva wishes you a great start to 2021!

On 15 November 1920, the Reformation Hall hosted the first assembly of the League of Nations. A brass band marches in front of its doors. To close the centenary of this event, we invite you to revisit the exhibition set up by UNOG with the support of the Canton:

18 December 2020
Photographer Michele Cattani took this picture in March 2020 at the project launch to rehabilitate the Tomb of Askia in Gao, Mali, funded by ALIPH
© Michele Cattani

Based in Geneva, the International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas (ALIPH) is the only global fund exclusively dedicated to the protection and rehabilitation of cultural heritage in conflict in post-conflict areas. After two years of operation, it is now financing over 100 projects in 22 countries for more than 35 million USD.

14 December 2020