UN Geneva
Meetings and events
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Most meetings taking place at the Palais des Nations are organized by one of the Geneva-based UN entities. Among many others, the sessions of the Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament are held at the Palais. The World Health Assembly and the International Labour Conference are equally carried out here every year.
Thanks to its excellent facilities and its location at the center of Geneva, one of the hubs for global governance, numerous other meetings of global importance have been organized at the Palais des Nations, such as the negotiations on a global plastics treaty.
The UN journal gives an overview of upcoming meetings at UN Geneva (and other duty stations).
Besides these official, intergovernmental meetings, UN Geneva, Permanent Missions and affiliated NGOs organize a variety of events, many of whom are publicly accessible. An overview of these events can be found on our dedicated events page.
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You will need to register for any meeting or event happening at the UN via our participants’ platform, Indico.UN. Most intergovernmental and expert meetings limit their attendance and send out targeted invitations. If in doubt, you can contact the secretariat that organizes a specific meeting. Their contact details can be found with the respective Indico.UN calendar entry.
Public events are usually accessible by everyone, unless otherwise stated in the announcement. Still, an Indico.UN registration is necessary to obtain access to the premises.
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The digital recordings of all "public" meetings can be accessed in all official languages on a dedicated portal online. The site allows for searches by date and key word. Thereafter, the audio language and requested segment of the meeting can be selected. The "floor" option will provide the recording of the original language in which the intervention was made, whereas the other languages will provide access to the interpretation. Only the intervention in the original language constitutes an authentic record of the proceedings. Please visit the web page for accessing recordings of meetings. Live webcast access is available in the original language that the intervention is being made, as well as in English (as broadcast from the interpretation booth). Please also check the web page for UN Web TV .
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Indico.UN is the dedicated registration, participants and access management tool of UN Geneva. Meeting organizers can create an event page on Indico.UN on which they publish all essential information relating to the meeting: timing and venue, background information and documents, a registration form, practical information on, e.g. access and access restrictions to the UN, issuance of participants' badges, invitation to speaking engagements etc.
Everyone wishing to participate in an event taking place at UN Geneva needs to register through Indico.UN. A number of events organized by the UN in other locations are equally organized through Indico.UN.
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The Division of Conference Management of the United Nations Office at Geneva serves primarily conferences and meetings for the United Nations bodies and its Programmes, Funds, Regional Commissions, and Specialized Agencies. Non-governmental organizations, and other organizations with special status, are also allowed to host meetings at the Palais des Nations.