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ThePalaceofNations(French:PalaisdesNations,pronounced:[paldensj
])inGeneva,
Switzerland,wasbuiltbetween1929and1938toserveastheheadquartersoftheLeagueofNations.
IthasservedasthehomeoftheUnitedNationsOfficeatGenevasince1946whentheSecretary
GeneraloftheUnitedNationssignedaHeadquartersAgreementwiththeSwissauthorities,although
SwitzerlanddidnotbecomeamemberoftheUNuntil2002.

PalaceofNations
PalaisdesNations

In2012alone,thePalaceofNationshostedmorethan10,000intergovernmentalmeetings.[1]

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History
Description
Photographs
Seealso
Bibliography
References
Externallinks

History
Anarchitecturalcompetitionheldinthe1920stochooseadesignforthecomplexdescribedthe
projectasfollows:
ThePalace,whoseconstructionistheobjectofthecompetition,isintendedtohouseall
theorgansoftheLeagueofNationsinGeneva.Itshouldbedesignedinsuchawayasto
allowtheseorganstowork,topresideandtoholddiscussions,independentlyandeasily
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BuildingAofthePalaceofNations.
Generalinformation
Architecturalstyle

Classicism

Location

Geneva,Switzerland
461336N60826E

Coordinates

461335.63N6825.72E

Constructionstarted 1929
Completed

1938

Owner

UnitedNations,previously
theLeagueofNations
Designandconstruction

Architect

CarloBroggi
JulienFlegenheimer
CamilleLefvre
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inthecalmatmospherewhichshouldprevailwhendealingwithproblemsofan
internationaldimension.

HenriPaulNnot
JosephVago

Ajuryofarchitectswasselectedtochooseafinaldesignfromamongthreehundredandthirtysevenentriesbut
wasunabletodecideonawinner.Ultimately,thefivearchitectsbehindtheleadingentrieswerechosento
collaborateonafinaldesign:JulienFlegenheimerofSwitzerland,CamilleLefvreandHenriPaulNnotof
France,CarloBroggiofItalyandJzsefVgofHungary.DonationsfromLeaguememberswereusedinthe
interior.
AfteritstransfertotheUnitedNations,twoextensionswereaddedtothebuilding.Intheearly1950s,three
floorswereaddedtothe"K"building,andthe"D"buildingwasconstructedtohousetemporarilytheWorld
HealthOrganization.The"E"building(or"New"Building)wascompletedin1973asaconferencefacility.With
theadditions,thecomplexis600metreslong,with34conferenceroomsand2,800offices.

AconferenceroominthePalaceof
Nations

InDecember,1988,inordertohearYasserArafat,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblymovedits29thsessionfromtheUnitedNationsHeadquarters
inNewYorktothePalaceofNations.[2]

Description
ThePalaceislocatedinArianaPark,whichwasbequeathedtotheCityofGenevain1890byGustavede
RevillioddelaRive,onthreeconditions:thattheparkalwaysremainaccessibletothepublic,thathebeburied
inthepark,andthatpeacocksroamfreelyonitsgrounds,whichtheydotothisday.Theparkalsocontainsa
1668chalet.
BeneaththePalaceofNations'sfoundationstoneisatimecapsulecontainingadocumentlistingthenamesofthe
LeagueofNationsmemberstates,acopyoftheCovenantoftheLeague,andspecimencoinsofallthecountries
representedattheleague'sTenthAssembly.AmedalshowingthePalaceofNationswiththeJuraMountainsin
thebackgroundwasstruckinsilveredbronze.[3]
ThebuildingoverlooksLakeGenevaandhasaclearviewoftheFrenchAlps.

ArianaParkwiththeLakeGenevain
thebackground.

ThePalaceanditsbuildingsconstitutethesecondlargestbuildingcomplexinEuropeafterVersailles.

Photographs
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TheAssemblyHallis
usedforlargeormajor
meetingssuchasthe
WorldHealth
Assembly.

TheConferenceon
Disarmamentinthe
CouncilChamber.

TheHumanRightsand MargaretChanand
Allianceof
BanKimooninthe
CivilizationsRoom,
PressRoomIII.
usedbytheUnited
NationsHumanRights
Council.

Thearmillarysphere
presentedtotheUnited
NationsbytheWoodrow
WilsonFoundation.

StatueFamilyinthe
parkofthepalace.

Seealso
UnitedNations
UnitedNationsOfficeatGeneva
UnitedNationsSystem
ListofUnitedNationsorganizationsbylocation
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Bibliography
JolleKuntz,GenevaandtheCallofInternationalism.AHistory,ditionsZo,2011,96pages(ISBN9782881828553).

References
1.(French) SimonPetite,"RnovationduPalaisdesNations:votecrucial",Le
Temps,Monday23December2013,p.5.
2.(French) "Genverenoueavecsatraditiondevilledepaix",LeTemps,
Thursday16January2014.
3.McMenamin,M.(2011)."AmedaldepictingthePalaceofNationsandthe

3.McMenamin,M.(2011)."AmedaldepictingthePalaceofNationsandthe
JuraMountains".NumismaticsInternationalBulletin46(34):55.

Externallinks
UnitedNationsOfficeatGeneva(http://www.unog.ch)
PalaisdesNations
(http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600581D0E/(httpHomepages)/BCE0EBD8DCE4470C80256F040067307C?
OpenDocument)

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