日内瓦，被誉为“和平之都”，有史以来一直是外交和国际关系的场所。该市是联合国系统最大的枢纽之一，也是最繁忙的会议中心。每天都会做出影响世界各地人们生活的决定。 仅在2022 年，就有约 8,000 次会议在万国宫举行，讨论的主题覆盖了裁军、人权、健康或国际贸易等各个领域。
从历史上看，“国际日内瓦”不仅因国际联盟的存在（被广泛认为是联合国的前身），而且还得益于红十字会和其他非政府组织的发展，这些组织是由当地的慈善家们设立的，以及国际电信联盟（ITU，1865年在伯尔尼成立，于1948年迁至日内瓦）等组织的支持。ITU是最早成立的旨在促进跨国技术合作的机构之一，现在是联合国旗下的专门机构。
如今，日内瓦拥有大约40个国际组织、180个常驻代表团和400多个非政府组织。联合国家族中很多机构都把日内瓦作为他们的总部所在地。除了总部设在这里的联合国机构外，大多数联合国基金、计划和机构在瑞士都设有区域办事处或联络处。它们共同构成了“日内瓦联合国”的活力所在。
总部设在日内瓦的联合国系统实体
日内瓦联合国办事处（UNOG）是UN Geneva的核心，位于距市中心几公里的国际联合大厦内。UNOG是联合国秘书处的一部分，负责采取一切必要措施促进会员国之间的对话：维护会议设施并提供会议服务（如口译、技术支持、编制和分发文件等），确保会议场所安全，将讨论和决策公之于众。日内瓦办事处是联合国在纽约以外仅有的三个重要行政办事处之一，另外两个是内罗毕和维也纳。
内瓦设有多个联合国机构的总部，使该城成为卫生、人权、难民和移民、裁军等不同议题的中心。
日内瓦经常举行各方冲突谈判，通常由秘书长指定的高级联合国官员领导。例如，叙利亚问题特使就驻扎在日内瓦，不知疲倦地将叙利亚内战各方带到谈判桌前，试图达成和平协议。
联合国体系的另一个重要组成部分是其五个经济委员会，遍布世界各地，作为各自地区社会经济发展的“智囊团”。欧洲经济委员会（ECE）设在万国宫内。
此外，联合国系统内的几个研究机构，例如致力于司法、社会发展或裁军，都设在瑞士城市。
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