United Nations Office at Geneva 4318649 224672550 2008-07-09T22:20:48Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Palaisgeneva.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The ''United Nations Office at Geneva'' is located in the [[Palais des Nations]], originally constructed for the [[League of Nations]] in the 1930's.]] --> [[Image:UNGENEVA.jpg|right|thumb|250px|UN European headquarters in [[Geneva|Geneva, Switzerland]]]] The '''United Nations Office at Geneva''' (''UNOG'') is the second-biggest of the four major office sites of the [[United Nations]] (second to New York). It is located in the [[Palais des Nations]] building constructed for the [[League of Nations]] between 1929 and 1938 at [[Geneva]] in [[Switzerland]], and expanded in the early 1950s and late 1960s. Besides United Nations administration it also hosts the bureaucracies for a number of specialized agencies such as the [[International Labour Organization]], the [[World Health Organization]] and the International Computing Centre. The [[United Nations System|United Nations and its Specialized Agencies]] may have other offices or functions hosted outside the Palais des Nations, normally in office spaces provided by the [[Swiss Federal Council|Swiss Government]]. ==Constituent agencies== '''Headquartered at Geneva:''' * [[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe|ECE]] - Economic Commission for Europe * [[International Bureau of Education|IBE]] - International Bureau of Education * [[International Computing Center|ICC]] - International Computing Centre * [[International Labour Organization|ILO]] - International Labour Organization * [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]] - International Telecommunication Union * [[International Trade Centre|ITC]] - International Trade Centre * [[Joint Inspection Unit|JIU]] - Joint Inspection Unit * [[Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS|UNAIDS]] - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS * [[Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|OCHA]] - Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs * [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|UNHCHR]] - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights * [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UNHCR]] - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees * [[United Nations Compensation Commission|UNCC]] - United Nations Compensation Commission * [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTAD]] - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development * [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization|UNIDO]] - United Nations Industrial Development Organization * [[United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research|UNIDIR]] - United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research * [[United Nations Institute for Training and Research|UNITAR]] - United Nations Institute for Training and Research * NGLS - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service * [[United Nations Office for Project Services|UNOPS]] - United Nations Office for Project Services * [[United Nations Population Fund|UNFPA]] - United Nations Population Fund * [[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East|UNRWA]] - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near-East * [[United Nations Research Institute For Social Development|UNRISD]] - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development * CEB - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination * [[United Nations Volunteers|UNV]] - United Nations Volunteers Programme * [[World Bank Group|World Bank]] * [[World Health Organization|WHO]] - World Health Organization * [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]] - World Intellectual Property Organization * [[World Meteorological Organization|WMO]] - World Meteorological Organization '''Presence at Geneva:''' * [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]] - International Atomic Energy Agency (Headquarters are in [[Vienna]]) * [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|UNESCO]] - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Headquarters are in [[Paris]]) * [[World Food Programme|WFP]] - World Food Programme (headquarters are in [[Rome]]) ==Directors-General of UNOG== #[[Pier Pasquale Spinelli]], Italy 1957-1968 #[[Vittorio Winspeare-Guicciardi]], Italy 1968-1978 #[[Luigi Cottafavi]], Italy 1978-1983 #[[Erik Suy]], Belgium 1983-1987 #[[Jan Martenson]], Sweden 1987-1992 #[[Antoine Blanca]], France 1992-1993 #[[Vladimir Petrovsky]], Russia 1993-2002 #[[Sergei Ordzhonikidze]], Russia 2002-present ==See also== *[[United Nations headquarters]] *[[United Nations Office at Vienna]] *[[United Nations Office at Nairobi]] ==External links== *[http://www.unog.ch/ United Nations Office at Geneva] {{United Nations|state=autocollapse}} [[Category:United Nations specialized agencies]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Switzerland]] [[Category:Geneva]] [[Category:Diplomatic buildings]] [[de:Büro der Vereinten Nationen in Genf]] [[es:Oficina de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra]] [[fr:Office des Nations unies à Genève]] [[hr:Ured Ujedinjenih naroda u Ženevi]] [[it:Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite a Ginevra]] [[sr:Канцеларија Уједињених нација у Женеви]]