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.

 

2015

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UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

Human Rights Council - Special Session on Boko Haram, Palais des Nations, 1 April 2015

Human Rights Council - Special Session on Boko Haram, Palais des Nations, 1 April 2015
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UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

40th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), Palais des Nations, 30 March 2015 

40th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), Palais des Nations, 30 March 2015
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UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

Regional Consultation on Financing for Development, Palais des Nations, 23 March 2015

Regional Consultation on Financing for Development
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UNECE/Marina Tejerina

Forest Exhibition at the Salle des Pas Perdus, Palais des Nations, on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 20 March 2015

Forest Exhibition at the Salle des Pas Perdus, Palais des Nations, on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 20 March 2015
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CITES

Wild and precious : conservation in the 21st century, Symposium organized by the CITES Secretariat on the occasion of World Wildlife Day, Geneva Airport - Press Room, 3 March 2015

CITES event World Wildlife Day
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Violaine Martin

High Level Segment of the 2015 Conference on Disarmament, Palais des Nations. Monday 2 March 2015

High Level Segment of the 2015 Conference on Disarmament, Palais des Nations. Monday 2 March 2015
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GICHD

18th International Meeting of Mine Action National Programme Directors and UN Advisors, WMO Building, 17 February 2015

18th International Meeting of Mine Action National Programme Directors and UN Advisors
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CITES

CITES Ministerial dialogue and senior officials meeting for key States concerned with the illegal trade in rhinoceros horn 

CITES Ministerial dialogue and senior officials meeting for key States concerned with the illegal trade in rhinoceros horn
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UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

Geneva Climate Change Conference, Palais des Nations, 8 February 2015

Geneva Climate Change Conference
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WHO/Violaine Martin

136th session of WHO Executive Board, 30 January 2015

136th session of WHO Executive Board
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CICG

World Congress on Juvenile Justice, International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), 27 January 2015

World Congress on Juvenile Justice
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UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swiss Federal Parliament's National Council visits the Palais des Nations, 19 January 2015 

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swiss Federal Parliament's National Council visits the Palais des Nations, 19 January 2015
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C David O’Dwyer/ The Global Fund

As part of a mass distribution campaign supported by the Global Fund, workers offload shipping containers full of white bales of mosquito nets, moving the contents onto trucks for delivery to families to prevent malaria, Yamoussoukro – Ivory Coast, 6 December 2014 

As part of a mass distribution campaign supported by the Global Fund, workers offload shipping containers full of white bales of mosquito nets, moving the contents onto trucks for delivery to families to prevent malaria, Yamoussoukro – Ivory Coast, 6 Dece
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WIPO / Emmanuel Berrod.

Front view of the WIPO Conference Hall, 6 January 2015

Front view of the WIPO Conference Hall, 6 January 2015
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UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

Official Launch of the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2015, Palais des Nations, 8 December 2014 

Global Humanitarian Appeal 2015

2014

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Gavi/2013/Adrian Brooks

Community health workers Universe Enebong (left) and Angelica Ujaga travel along the Atlantic estuary in Cross River State, in Nigeria to reach remote villages that have no access to roads. They will deliver Gavi-supported life-saving vaccines to the communities, December 2013

Gavi-supported life-saving vaccines delivery, Cross River State, Nigeria, December 2013
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UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

TEDxPlaceDesNations, Palais des Nations - Assembly Hall, 11 December 2014

TEDx Place des Nations
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UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré

Global Think Tank Summit 2014: Think Tanks, Public Policy and Governance: National, Regional and Global Perspectives, Palais des Nations, 4 December 2014

Global Think Tank Summit 2014
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Mzia Lekveishvili / UNECE

‘Take care of time’ - UNECE Photo exhibition: Ageing in Georgia seen through the eyes of its older citizens

‘Take care of time’ - UNECE Photo exhibition: Ageing in Georgia seen through the eyes of its older citizens
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Les Studios Casagrande

50th Anniversary of the Foundation for Buildings for International Organizations (FIPOI), Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, 20 November 2014

50th Anniversary of the Foundation for Buildings for International Organizations (FIPOI), Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, 20 November 2014