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Geneva is a global city, a financial centre, and worldwide centre for diplomacy and the most important UN international co-operation centre with New York thanks to the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters of many of the agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross.
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The inclination here is to accept a de facto cease-fire in Laos, rather than continue to insist on a verification of the cease-fire by the international control commission before participating in the Geneva conference.
As a result, the West is in a poor bargaining position at the current Geneva negotiations on Laos, and South Vietnam and other nations in Southeast Asia are under increased pressure.
* 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva.
The text of this Convention is the result of some three years of intensive debate and negotiation at the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament at Geneva and at the United Nations.
Under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, it is a war crime to transfer, directly or indirectly, the civilian population of a country power onto land under that country's military occupation.
The Swiss teacher, author and caricature artist Rodolphe Töpffer ( Geneva, 1799 – 1846 ) is considered the father of the modern comic strips.
* 1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
United Methodist clergy are not required to be vested when celebrating the Eucharist, though it is most often the case that they are vested either in a Geneva gown and stole or an alb and stole.
Geneva (;, ;, ) is the second most populous city in Switzerland ( after Zurich ) and is the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
Situated where the Rhone exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
It is also the place where the Geneva Conventions were signed, which chiefly concern the treatment of wartime non-combatants and prisoners of war.
and a 2009 survey by Mercer found Geneva to have the third-highest quality of life of any city in the world ( behind Vienna and Zurich ; it is narrowly outranked by Zurich ).
The name Geneva is probably of Celtic origin.
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Another theory is that Geneva is derived from " Genévrier " which is the French word for " juniper ".
In 2010 Geneva City Council was made up of two representatives of the SDP ( Social Democratic Party, one of whom is the mayor ), one member of the FDP ( Free Democratic Party ), one member of the Green Party and one member of the À gauche Toute party.
Geneva is located at 46 ° 12 ' North, 6 ° 09 ' East, at the south-western end of Lake Geneva, where the lake flows back into the Rhône River.
The part of the lake that is attached to Geneva has an area of and is sometimes referred to as Petit lac ( small lake ).
Geneva and global
Robinson took a position in 2007 with a global trade union federation Public Services International based in Ferney-Voltaire, near Geneva in the French Alps, where he moved with his partner Max Riveron and their two dogs.
* The Geneva Summit of 1955, where " The Big Four " – President Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Eden of Britain, Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin of the Soviet Union, and Prime Minister Edgar Faure of France – discussed global security
The financial interests of the bin Laden family are represented by the Saudi Binladin Group, a global oil and equity management conglomerate grossing $ 2 billion US annually, and the largest construction firm in the world, with offices in London, Dubai, and Geneva.
The Lutheran World Federation ( LWF ) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
With three co-authors, in November 2007 Ferguson published " International Financial Stability ", Geneva Report No. 9, dealing with challenges to global financial stability and including observations regarding the liquidity crisis of 2007.
He also teaches at Webster University, in Geneva, in the International Relations Department, and heads up an international initiative advancing the cause of global governance for migration.
speaks in Geneva, Switzerland, at the invitation of the World Health Organization at a conference on the global burden of foodborne disease.
Whether it was Geneva, working with the WHO on global rabies control, or New Delhi, where he spent 3 years working with AID on communicable disease control and zoonooses, Tierkel savored the world around him.
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* 1988 – Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat gives a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in the Swiss city of Geneva after the United States authorities refused to give him a visa to enter New York.
In Switzerland, the city of Geneva was commonly associated with the occult at the time, particularly by Catholics, because it had been a stronghold of Protestantism, and many of those interested in the esoteric travelled from their own Roman Catholic nations to Switzerland to purchase grimoires or to study with occultists.
" In 2009 and 2011, Geneva was ranked as, respectively, the fourth and fifth most expensive city in the world.
In the first half of the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation reached the city, causing religious strife during which Savoy rule was thrown off and Geneva flirted with joining the Swiss Federation.
By the 18th century, however, Geneva had come under the influence of Catholic France, which cultivated the city elite, who tended to be at odds with the ordinary townsfolk – to the point that an abortive revolution took place in 1782.
Logo of the city of Geneva
The second main river of Geneva is the Arve River which flows into the Rhône River just west of the city centre.
Mont Blanc can be seen from Geneva and is an hour's drive from the city centre.
Mont Salève ( 1400 m ), just across the border in France, dominates the southerly view from the city centre and is the closest French skiing destination to Geneva.
There are 82 buildings or sites in Geneva that are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance, and the entire old city of Geneva is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Geneva is the home of the Genève-Servette HC, who play in the Swiss National League A, and is the main sport team of the city.
The city of Geneva is at the centre of the Geneva metropolitan area, known as the agglomération franco-valdo-genevoise in French.
In the city of Geneva,, 44. 3 % of the population are resident foreign nationals.
On 16 January 1537, Farel and Calvin presented their Articles concernant l ' organisation de l ' église et du culte à Genève ( Articles on the Organization of the Church and its Worship at Geneva ) to the city council.
When Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto wrote a letter to the city council inviting Geneva to return to the Catholic faith, the council searched for an ecclesiastical authority to respond to him.
A plan was drawn up in which Viret would be appointed to take temporary charge in Geneva for six months while Bucer and Calvin would visit the city to determine the next steps.
However, the city council pressed for the immediate appointment of Calvin in Geneva.
These efforts were funded entirely by the church in Geneva, as the city council had refused to become involved in missionary activities at the time.
After the deaths of Calvin and his successor, Beza, the Geneva city council gradually gained control over areas of life that were previously in the ecclesiastical domain.
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