Graduate Study Programme
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The Graduate Study Programme (GSP) at UN Geneva is the longest-running educational initiative of the United Nations, now in its 63rd year. Over the past 62 years, more than 3,000 young people from 110 countries have successfully completed the Programme. This intensive two-week summer seminar provides an opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of the United Nations and “…
Calendar of Major Meetings
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CALENDAR OF MAJOR MEETINGS TO BE HELD AT UNOG IN 2025The following list is a summary of the main meetings that are to take place at the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2025.The list is provided as a reference to the media and for information purposes only. It is based on data available at the present time and will be updated…
Biweekly calendar of activities
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Calendar of Geneva-based activities of interest to the Press
28 April to 12 May 2025
DateOrgActivityCityContact28 AprUNWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work 28…
Permanent Missions
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Permanent missions were established in the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which recognized that such practices contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social systems. The United Nations is comprised of 193 Member States, of which 189 permanent missions of Member States are accredited to United Nations Office at Geneva…
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Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat Press Conference
09 May 2025
Press Conference Announcement
Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions David Ogden, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm ConventionsChristine Fuell, Executive Secretary, ad interim, of the Rotterdam Convention
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UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples
08 May 2025
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A street vendor in Antigua, Guatemala.
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Guatemala did not follow through on promises to resettle and compensate Mayan Peoples who remain forcibly displaced.…
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UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem
08 May 2025
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Gaza faces severe shortages of food, water and medicine. (file)
The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security forces into three of its schools in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a violation of children’s right to education…
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Guterres welcomes election of Pope Leo ‘at a time of great global challenges’
08 May 2025
UN News/Laura Quiñones
St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the announcement of a new Pope on Thursday.
His Holiness Pope Leo…
