essionals to connect and do business
“We have a lot of scientists and brains; it’s a great place to meet with people”
Frederick Bordry, CERN
International organisations and NGOs
international activities and numerous informal and institutional contact opportunities, Geneva today is the main global centre for world co-operation and offers unparalleled opportunities for professionals to connect and do business.
numerous intergovernmental organisations (IGOs), some 250 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and around 240 permanent diplomatic missions to Geneva, bringing the international community numbers close to 40,000. Thanks to its
Since the League of Nations was established in Geneva in 1920, it has established a solid, enviable and well- known reputation as THE international city. The sheer number and diversity of the agencies, organisations and NGOs based in Geneva are none the less staggering: no fewer than 168 nations (169 if you include Switzerland) are represented in Geneva by a permanent mission or similar. Two thirds of the United Nations’ activities take place in Geneva, which naturally has the largest concentration of UN personnel in the world. Today, Geneva hosts the world headquarters for the World Trade Organization (WTO), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), World Health Organization (WHO), International Labour Organization (ILO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and International Air Transport Association (IATA), to name but a few. All of the UN’s major fields of work – health, labour issues, intellectual property standards, human rights, humanitarian action and disaster relief, economic, trade and development activities, disarmament, science and technology, as well as research and training, are carried out in Geneva. This core has, in turn, attracted
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