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<h2 id="constituent-agencies">Constituent agencies</h2> <h3>Headquartered in Geneva</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Conference_on_Disarmament/Ny7Cp0I4">Conference on Disarmament</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Bureau_of_Education/gUrlzw2z">International Bureau of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Computing_Centre/kgbdnv97">International Computing Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Labour_Organization/Lek9y8b6">International Labour Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Migration/9WGdNj7b">International Organization for Migration</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Trade_Centre/UdoVk9ge">International Trade Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Telecommunication_Union/Yn8UKKkw">International Telecommunication Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joint_Inspection_Unit/K6Ej5gsR">Joint Inspection Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joint_United_Nations_Programme_on_HIV%2fAIDS/nxCc81gV">Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights/s43BaRNL">Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Chief_Executives_Board_for_Coordination/wFmwSkcd">United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Compensation_Commission/tcTWbGYf">United Nations Compensation Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Conference_on_Trade_and_Development/NRYQCDt4">United Nations Conference on Trade and Development</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Europe/lh6cCdqk">United Nations Economic Commission for Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees/n02xPguc">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council/JRGJgtSc">United Nations Human Rights Council</a> (see also <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights/kgbrtvaF">United Nations Commission on Human Rights</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Institute_for_Disarmament_Research/kn2Txh3x">United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Institute_for_Training_and_Research/u9jYkm1R">United Nations Institute for Training and Research</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Non-Governmental_Liaison_Service/xRVFdJ23">United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Office_for_the_Coordination_of_Humanitarian_Affairs/lf3Eldbe">United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Office_on_Sport_for_Development_and_Peace/nN2voTvI">United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Research_Institute_For_Social_Development/X0fnIsWL">United Nations Research Institute For Social Development</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Health_Organization/YNN3bgug">World Health Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization/lenC10SK">World Intellectual Property Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Meteorological_Organization/NWrDcKbl">World Meteorological Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Trade_Organization/p7hgb1lP">World Trade Organization</a></li></ul> <h3>Presence at Geneva</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization/13WV8JJK">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations</a> (headquarters in <a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency/o84JrwQ7">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> (headquarters are in <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Environment_Programme/2P9vPoSU">United Nations Environment Programme</a> (headquarters are in <a href="/facts/Nairobi/AykVFgL3">Nairobi</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Educational%2c_Scientific_and_Cultural_Organization/QSbkRv3o">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</a> (headquarters are in <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Industrial_Development_Organization/B29cJxLD">United Nations Industrial Development Organization</a> (headquarters are in <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Food_Programme/yBwCJgza">World Food Programme</a> (headquarters are in <a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_World_Tourism_Organization/3JzMyUCM">United Nations World Tourism Organization</a> (headquarters in <a href="/facts/Madrid/B63nL2DB">Madrid</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="directors-general">Directors-general</h2> <ol><li>Wladimir Moderow, Poland, 1946–1951</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adriaan_Pelt/nqGJwT33">Adriaan Pelt</a>, Netherlands, 1952–1957<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Pier Pasquale Spinelli, Italy, 1957–1968</li> <li>Vittorio Winspeare-Guicciardi, Italy, 1968–1978</li> <li>Luigi Cottafavi, Italy, 1978–1983</li> <li>Eric Suy, Belgium, 1983–1987</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jan_M%25C3%25A5rtenson/4AqHTz90">Jan Mårtenson</a>, Sweden, 1987–1992</li> <li>Antoine Blanca [fr], France, 1992–1993</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Petrovsky/jKzbj6Xg">Vladimir Petrovsky</a>, Russia, 1993–2002</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sergei_Ordzhonikidze/t8LHGI17">Sergei Ordzhonikidze</a>, Russia, 2002–2011</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kassym-Jomart_Tokayev/b59Xae8C">Kassym-Jomart Tokayev</a>, Kazakhstan, 2011–2013</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_M%25C3%25B8ller/wRdoATYX">Michael Møller</a>, Denmark, 2013–2019</li> <li>Tatiana Valovaya [fr; ru], Russia, 2019–present<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ol> <h2 id="administrative-history">Administrative history</h2> <ol><li>United Nations Geneva Office, from beginning, Aug 1946 – Apr 1947, (IC/Geneva/1)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>European Office of the UN, 11 Apr 1947 – 10 Aug 1948, (IC/Geneva/49)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>United Nations Office at Geneva, 10 Aug 1948 – 9 Aug 1949, (IC/Geneva/152)</li> <li>European Office of the UN, 9 Aug 1949 – 8 Dec 1957, (SGB/82/Rev.1)</li> <li>United Nations Office at Geneva, 8 December 1957 – present, (SGB/82/Rev.2)</li></ol> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations/4pof9vnU">Headquarters of the United Nations</a> (<a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Information_Service_at_Geneva/4PV0zHBV">United Nations Information Service at Geneva</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Office_at_Vienna/cGtFG9IQ">United Nations Office at Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Office_at_Nairobi/rXyTEdwr">United Nations Office at Nairobi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Outline_of_the_United_Nations/TIRnpv0n">Outline of the United Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_United_Nations_organizations_by_location/gfVdxUef">List of United Nations organizations by location</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_international_organizations_based_in_Geneva/NxoFrSah">List of international organizations based in Geneva</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul><li>Joëlle Kuntz, <i>Geneva and the Call of Internationalism: A History</i>, Éditions Zoé, 2011, 96 pages (<a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-2-88182-855-3).</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to UN Campus (Geneva). <ul><li><a href="http://www.unog.ch">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.un.org/en/collection/29/7829">UN Geneva information</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600580270/(httpPages)/4FC86ABC555917C280256EF40066544E?OpenDocument">United Nations organisations in Geneva</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006AC19C/(httpPages)/96B4529FBC62AF1E80256EF3005DC06B?OpenDocument">UN Geneva Annual Report</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>The others being in New York City, Nairobi and Vienna <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations" target="_blank">/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"UNOG Annual Report". UNOG Annual Report. <a href="https://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006AC19C/(httpPages)/96B4529FBC62AF1E80256EF3005DC06B?OpenDocument" target="_blank">https://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006AC19C/(httpPages)/96B4529FBC62AF1E80256EF3005DC06B?OpenDocument</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pallas, Jean-Claude (2001). Histoire et Architecture du Palais des Nations. Geneva: United Nations. p. 383. ISBN 978-92-1-200354-2. <a href="978-92-1-200354-2" target="_blank">978-92-1-200354-2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"The Director-General". United Nations Office at Geneva. Retrieved 27 November 2013. <a href="http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600583A0B/%28httpHomepages%29/$first?OpenDocument" target="_blank">http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600583A0B/%28httpHomepages%29/$first?OpenDocument</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>UNOG Archives (1946). G II A −10/2/6 -1435. UNOG. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>UNOG Archives (1947). G II A −10/2/6 -1435. UNOG. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>