Aalto also entered several architectural competitions for prestigious state public buildings, both in Finland and abroad, including the two competitions for the Finnish Parliamentary building in 1923 and 1924, the extension to the University of Helsinki in 1931, and the building to house the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1926-27.

It is also the place where the Geneva Conventions were signed, which chiefly concern the treatment of wartime non-combatants and prisoners of war.

There is also a football team in Geneva.

Byron was also the host of the celebrated ghost-story competition involving himself, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and John William Polidori at the Villa Diodati on the banks of Lake Geneva in the summer of 1816.

In 1968, Gygax rented Lake Geneva's vine-covered Horticultural Hall for to hold the first Lake Geneva Convention, also known as the Gen Con gaming convention for short.

Geneva also offers graduates studies in several fields.

Geneva also has one of the oldest basketball courts in collegiate sports in the Johnson Gymnasium.

A hydraulic power network was also developed in Geneva, Switzerland.

The IAEA also has two liaison offices which are located in New York City, United States, and in Geneva, Switzerland.

Louis Bourgeois, also a refugee, lived and taught music in Geneva for sixteen years and Calvin took the opportunity to add his hymns, the most famous being the Old Hundredth.

While waiting for the responses, the council also asked Servetus if he preferred to be judged in Vienne or in Geneva.

It also operates missions to the United Nations in New York City and Geneva, the European Council, and non-member representation to the European Union, Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation Organization, the OSCE, NATO, World Trade Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

This period also saw the development of international law, with the first Geneva Conventions establishing laws dealing with humanitarian relief during wartime, and the international Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 governing rules of war and the peaceful settlement of international disputes.

The city is also directly linked by train to the Geneva International Airport, four times an hour, in 42min.

Foot also supported unilateral disarmament, after multilateral disarmament talks at Geneva had broken down in 1933.

Puritans adopted a Reformed theology and in that sense were Calvinists ( as many of their earlier opponents were, too ), but also took note of radical views critical of Zwingli in Zurich and Calvin in Geneva.

Among the Paleo-orthodoxy and emerging church Presbyterians, clergy are moving away from the traditional black Geneva gown and reclaiming not only the more ancient Eucharist vestments of alb and chasuble, but also cassock and surplice ( typically a full length Old English style surplice which resembles the Celtic alb, an ungirdled liturgical tunic of the old Gallican Rite ).

President Chávez also asked the Colombian government and their allies to recognize the FARC as a belligerent force, arguing that such political recognition would oblige the FARC to forgo kidnapping and terrorism as methods of civil war and to abide by the Geneva Convention.

At this time, Valais, Neuchatel and Geneva also joined Switzerland as new cantons, thereby extending Swiss territory for the last time.

Apple also replaced some of their bitmap fonts used by the graphical user interface of previous Macintosh System versions, including, Geneva, Monaco and New York, with scalable Truetype outline fonts.

His version also worked prominently into the Geneva Bible which was taken to the New World to Jamestown in 1607, and on the Mayflower in 1620.

Until 1580 Beza was not only moderateur de la compagnie des pasteurs, but also the real soul of the great institution of learning at Geneva which Calvin had founded in 1559, consisting of a gymnasium and an academy.

As Calvin's successor, Beza was very successful, not only in carrying on his work but also in giving peace to the Church at Geneva.

* The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees ; also referred to as the Geneva Convention ;

Geneva established the Center for Technology Development in 1986 for providing research, prototyping and technical support to local industries and entrepreneurs.

The group invested in the construction of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, established the Economy Savings Institution and the Economy Brick Works, and operated the Economy Oil Company, as well as the Economy Planing Mill, Economy Lumber Company, and eventually donated some land in Beaver Falls for the construction of Geneva College.

* International Computing Centre, in Geneva, established by the UN in 1971

The latter two offices were established in the church in Geneva.

In 2002, the Espace Rousseau was established at 40 Grand-Rue, Geneva, Rousseau's birthplace.

The Permanent Secretariat, established at the seat of the League at Geneva, comprised a body of experts in various spheres under the direction of the General Secretary.

The Geneva Office of UPEACE, established in 2001, has continued to support the development of the overall activities of the University, in particular its regional programmes in Africa and Central Asia.

It was established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a member of the United Nations Development Group.

Knox disembarked in Dieppe, France, and continued to Geneva, where John Calvin had established his authority.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) ( established December 14, 1950 ) protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement.

In response to criticisms expressed in the 1998 review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, the Irish government established the office of Ombudsman for Children and drew up a national children's strategy.

Taos was established c. 1615 as Fernandez de Taos, following the Spanish conquest of the Indian Pueblo villages by Geneva Vigil.

After the coastal attacks began, Hanoi lodged a complaint with the International Control Commission ( ICC ), which had been established in 1954 to oversee the terms of the Geneva Accords, but the US denied any involvement.

Today Campinas houses the Area of ​​ Relevant Ecological Interest ( ARIE ) Santa Geneva,, established in 1985 and regulated by the Brazilian Environment and Renewable Natural Resources ( IBAMA ), the city of Campinas, Fundação José Pedro de Oliveira.

* Geneva County was established on December 26, 1868.

Houston County was established on February 9, 1903, from parts of Dale County, Geneva County and Henry County.

The first university entirely dedicated to the study of IR was the Graduate Institute of International Studies ( now the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ), which was founded in 1927 to form diplomats associated to the League of Nations, established in Geneva some years before.

In 1878, World Alliance of YMCAs offices were established in Geneva, Switzerland.

The most commonly accepted version runs as follows: around the year 1370, at the time of Bishop Robert, Count of Geneva, Martin, a blacksmith of Moorish descent established in Cambrai, was among the burghers who left the city to fight the lord of Thun-Lévêque, who was then reputed to ransom the population around the city and generally to afflict the region.

WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1806, settlers from Harpersfield, New York arrived and established Harpersfield Township, which included the present-day townships of Geneva, Trumbull and Hartsgrove.

In Economy, the group aided the construction of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, established the Economy Savings Institution and the Economy Brick Works, and operated the Economy Oil Company, Economy Planing Mill, Economy Lumber Company, and eventually donated some land in Beaver Falls for the construction of Geneva College.

Another famous Williams ( not related ) in the area is George Williams ( YMCA ), the founder of the YMCA whose officials and students of Chicago-based George Williams College frequently met just west of the town of Williams Bay and later established a camp in the village on the shores of Lake Geneva.

The term limnology was coined by François-Alphonse Forel ( 1841 – 1912 ) who established the field with his studies of Lake Geneva.