United Nations Office at Geneva

United Nations Office at Geneva
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.
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 - FAO (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
Antoine Blanca, 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)
See also
Headquarters of the United Nations (New York City)
United Nations Information Service at Geneva
United Nations Office at Vienna
United Nations Office at Nairobi
Outline of the United Nations
List of United Nations organizations by location
List of international organizations based in Geneva
Notes
References
Bibliography
Joëlle Kuntz, Geneva and the Call of Internationalism: A History, Éditions Zoé, 2011, 96 pages.
External links
Official website
UN Geneva information
United Nations organisations in Geneva
UN Geneva Annual Report
Organisations based in Geneva
Diplomatic buildings
United Nations properties