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United Nations Office at Geneva

One of four major United Nations offices

Field	Value
name	United Nations Office at Geneva
logo	Logo-UN-Geneva-EN.svg
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image	Palace of Nations Geneva 20102014 02.jpg
image_size	250px
image_caption	The Palais des Nations, the main building of the United Nations Office at Geneva
map_type	Switzerland
map_caption	Location within Switzerland
map_size	250px
map_dot_label	UNOG
alternate_names	UNOG
address	Palais des Nations, 1211 Genève, Switzerland
location_city	Geneva
location_country	Switzerland
coordinates
website	[https://www.ungeneva.org/en](https://www.ungeneva.org/en)

The ''Allée des Nations'', with the flags of the member countries

The headquarters of the [[World Health Organization

The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG, ) in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the four major offices of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The main UNOG administrative offices are located inside the Palais des Nations complex, which was originally constructed for the League of Nations between 1929 and 1938.

Besides United Nations administration, the Palais des Nations also hosts the offices for a number of programmes and funds such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).

The United Nations and its specialized agencies, programmes and funds may have other offices or functions hosted outside the Palais des Nations, normally in office spaces provided by the Swiss government.

UN specialised agencies and other UN entities with offices in Geneva hold bi-weekly briefings at the Palais des Nations, organized by the United Nations Information Service at Geneva.

UNOG produces an annual report where it lists all major events and activities that happened through a year.

The United Nations Library & Archives Geneva is part of UNOG.

Constituent agencies

Headquartered in Geneva

Conference on Disarmament
International Bureau of Education
International Computing Centre
International Labour Organization
International Organization for Migration
International Trade Centre
International Telecommunication Union
Joint Inspection Unit
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination
United Nations Compensation Commission
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Human Rights Council (see also United Nations Commission on Human Rights)
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace
United Nations Research Institute For Social Development
World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Meteorological Organization
World Trade Organization

Presence at Geneva

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (headquarters in Rome)
International Atomic Energy Agency (headquarters are in Vienna)
United Nations Environment Programme (headquarters are in Nairobi)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (headquarters are in Paris)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (headquarters are in Vienna)
World Food Programme (headquarters are in Rome)
United Nations World Tourism Organization (headquarters in Madrid)

Directors-general

Wladimir Moderow, Poland, 1946–1951
Adriaan Pelt, Netherlands, 1952–1957
Pier Pasquale Spinelli, Italy, 1957–1968
Vittorio Winspeare-Guicciardi, Italy, 1968–1978
Luigi Cottafavi, Italy, 1978–1983
Eric Suy, Belgium, 1983–1987
Jan Mårtenson, Sweden, 1987–1992
, France, 1992–1993
Vladimir Petrovsky, Russia, 1993–2002
Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Russia, 2002–2011
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan, 2011–2013
Michael Møller, Denmark, 2013–2019
Tatiana Valovaya, Russia, 2019–present

Administrative history

United Nations Geneva Office, from beginning, Aug 1946 – Apr 1947, (IC/Geneva/1)
European Office of the UN, 11 Apr 1947 – 10 Aug 1948, (IC/Geneva/49)
United Nations Office at Geneva, 10 Aug 1948 – 9 Aug 1949, (IC/Geneva/152)
European Office of the UN, 9 Aug 1949 – 8 Dec 1957, (SGB/82/Rev.1)
United Nations Office at Geneva, 8 December 1957 – present, (SGB/82/Rev.2)

Notes

References

Bibliography

Joëlle Kuntz, Geneva and the Call of Internationalism: A History, Éditions Zoé, 2011, 96 pages ().

References

"UNOG Annual Report".
(2001). "Histoire et Architecture du Palais des Nations". United Nations.
"The Director-General". United Nations Office at Geneva.
UNOG Archives. (1946). "G II A −10/2/6 -1435". UNOG.
UNOG Archives. (1947). "G II A −10/2/6 -1435". UNOG.

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