Geneva

Eye-level view of a large circular conference room with a colorful ceiling containing dozens of seated individuals

The Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room, formerly Room XX, is one of the largest conference rooms (754 seats) in the Palace of Nations. It was completely renovated as part of a Spanish...

Two straight lines of flag poles displaying flags of member states extending to the Palais des Nations

The United Nations Office at Geneva is housed at the historic Palais des Nations, originally built for the League of Nations in the 1930s. A beautiful art deco building overlooking Lake Geneva,...

Long hallway with brick-colored floor with brown pillars on both sides of the hallway.

This imposing gallery was designed as the main concourse of the Palais, between the Assembly Hall and the main façade, overlooking the broad and stately Court of Honour around which the main...

Frontal view of the Assembly Hall with UN emblem on bright colored wooden wall and a set of podiums and tables in the front.

The shallow U-shape of the Assembly Building is dominated by the Assembly Hall, the biggest room in the Palais which can seat about 2,000 people. The present appearance dates from 1996 after a...

General view of the council chamber lobby, with a huge rug covering the entire floor and a monument in the middle.

In contrast to the brooding, striving grandeur of the Chamber itself, its Lobby is beautifully serene and calming, sparsely furnished with its prevailing stonework made golden by a simply squared...

Individuals sit in square green-carpeted room with row of desks facing center

The original chamber was designed to seat 21 people in a semi-circular “top” table – but without a podium. This backed onto five majestic windows, thus allowing the other 500 people seated to view...

View of the lounge with white, square-tiled walls, artwork on the wall's center, and lavishly decorated carpet.

The French Delegates’ Lounge, originally a private meeting room for League of Nations Council members, was designed by the famous French decorator Jules Leleu, hence the designation of the room as...

View of the lounge's wall with blue artwork and gray furniture on a wooden floor.

In the original League of Nations building, Room IV was the Permanent Delegates’ Lounge. The interior decoration – designed by M.K. Caivas – was donated by Czechoslovakia in 1937.

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.

Birds eye view of press corps holding notepads seated at desks during press conference in Room 3

This 200-seat conference room and Room VI are the only two in the Palais where the decoration was not entrusted to a specific designer/decorator. The mural, Harmony, by the Genevan artist Maurice...

Outside view of the library through large transparent glass walls.

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...

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