FAO

An officer checks animals and treats them against disease.
A local Sudanese farmer harvests seeds from the field.
A school garden in South Sudan where food crops are being cultivated as part of a project.
Three students of a school agriculture club are posing in their school garden with food crops they have been cultivating.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations leading international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO’s goal is to achieve food and security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food and lead active, healthy lives.

More information on FAO's country and regional offices: http://www.fao.org/about/who-we-are/worldwide-offices/en/

OCHA

People from the UNAMID mission in Darfur, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affiars, and the UN Children's Fund are unloading food and medical aid.
Hundreds of refugees from Libya line up for food at a transit camp near the Tunisia-Libya border
Two girls are in the center, along with two other children on the sides, at play.
Several refugees, fleeing from the conflict in Libya in 2011, are being distributed food.
A South Sudanese woman is getting crops from a field.

OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.

More information on where OCHA works involving both current emergencies and ongoing presence: https://www.unocha.org/where-we-work

UNDP

Women are in a traditional handicrafts training center, assisted by the United Nations Development Programme.
A mother and her child are one of the rooms at the Maternity and Child Hopsital in Halabja, Iraq, funded by the Japanese Government through the UN Development Programme.
A mother and her child at the Maternity and Child Hospital in Halabja, Iraq, funded by the Japanese Government through the UN Development Programme.
A Mongolian family is inside their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent, outfitted with a solar panel.
Three women are showing their stomaches, during a prenatal medical consultation.

The United Nations Development Programme is on the ground in about 170 countries and territories, working to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. UNDP helps countries to develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress.

More information on where UNDP works: https://open.undp.org/projects

UNHCR

A UNHCR worker is preparing repatriation kits, including plastic sheeting, a blanket, a gerrycan, and soap, in front of a truck with the UNHCR logo on it.
A Congolese woman at a refugee camp in Burundi is with her children, registering with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for voluntary repatriation to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Two women are hugging each other emotionally as they return to their hom village in Sudan after living seven years in an Internally Displaced Persons camp.
A young girl and a boy are leaning against one of the UNHCR settlement buildings in Northern Uganda.
Children line up for food in a refugee camp in Liberia, run by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Three girls are in front of a tent set up by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

More information on where UNHCR works: https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work.html

UNRWA

Boys raise their hands during a class at a school in Gazar supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Women are collecting clean water from one of the 22 water points in Jordan.
Children are drawing in a classroom as part of their summer fun weeks, organized by UNRWA.
Two women with children are attending during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit with the internally displaced persons at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Collective Center in Gaza.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN Member States. UNRWA also receives some funding from the Regular Budget of the United Nations, which is used mostly for international staffing costs.

More information on where UNRWA works: https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work

 

UN WOMEN

Three women participating in a mosaic workshop led by UN Women.
Pakistan-Balochistan girl scouts hold orange hand sign that says "strong hands stop violence against women and girls"
Woman holding mic, participating in UN Women hosted discussion on how women contribute to peace in their community
4 women artists stand in front of a hand-painted memorial for female victims of the conflict in Comalapa, Guatemala

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

More information on where UN Women works: https://www.unwomen.org/en/where-we-are

 

WFP

A Ugandan UN police officer based in Akobo, South Sudan, looks on as women are unloading food from a truck at a World Food Programme warehouse.
Women carry bags of food supplies air-dropped by aircrafts from the World Food Programme in Sudan.
A Pakistani woman and children sit down on the ground with rations from the UN World Food Programme.
Volunteers prepare a mixture of corn, soy, wheat, sugar, and oil for feeding malnourished children, as well as pregnant and lactating women.
Afghans, from man to child, wait in line outside the kitchen for the wet feeding project funded by the World Food Programme.
A man, in front of a huge pile of rice sacks, is distributing rice to a woman in Rafah, Gaza.

Assisting 80 million people in around 80 countries each year, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

More information on where WFP works: www.wfp.org/countries

 

WHO

A child's arm is being measured by a staff member at a clinic in Haiti.
A mother comforts her child as he receives vaccinations by the World Health Organization.
A physiotherapist massages six-month-old baby girl.
A woman who had given birth two hours earlier and is a victim of the earthquake that hit Pakistan, is being treated in a hospital by several other women.

World Health Organization is building a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working with 194 Member States, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices, WHO staff are united in a shared commitment to achieve better health for everyone, everywhere.

More Information on where WHO works: www.who.int/about/where-we-work

 

The Library

Outside view of the library through large transparent glass walls.
People are seated at the carpeted open space of the library with a large wall mural.
Bird's Eye view of the library with study desks and book shelves.
View of library wall full of books and people seated, listening to a speaker.
Glass wall entrance to the library with several bookshelves showing behind the entrance.
View down from the third floor of the staircase outside the library entrance.
View of green-carpeted open space of the library with tables and posters, and people walking around the room.

Symmetrically balancing the Council Building across the Cour d’Honneur is the six-storey Library Building.

The Library was created for the League of Nations in 1919 and has been open ever since. (Its doors remained open during World War II.)

Operating from this building since 1937, the UN Library at Geneva is one of the richest bibliographical collections in Europe.

It has more than one million volumes in specialized areas of international law, international relations, economic and social development, energy and environmental policy.

Swiss Lounge

View of the Swiss lounge with red couches and a large mural.

Above the usually busy buzz of conversation, three large frescoes peer down from the three un-windowed walls.

Created by the Swiss artist Karl Otto Hügin, they depict scenes from Swiss history combined with moral and religious themes. The biblical figures of the Good Samaritan, the Good Shepherd, St. George and St. Martin are particularly striking.

The room’s interior was given to the League of Nations by Switzerland in 1937, since when it has continued to be one of the most popular and well-used rooms in the Palais.

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