Posts Tagged ‘geneva’

The Secretary-General Kofi Annan will attend the memorial ceremony in Geneva on the occasion of 1st anniversary of Baghdad bombing

April 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Secretary General, Kofi Annan, will attend the ceremony to be held August 19 in Geneva to mark the first anniversary of the bombing against the UN headquarters in Baghdad, said Friday the UN Office in Geneva in a statement.
Annan will deliver a statement and unveil a commemorative plaque.
similar ceremonies will be held simultaneously in New [...]

Torch relay in the Olympic city of Geneva

March 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
From Amsterdam, the Olympic torch arrived Thursday morning in Geneva for a relay across the city before it reaches the same day the city of Lausanne, the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The relay started at 10:00 from Geneva airport where the first bearer rushed for a distance of some 11 kilometers, which led the fire in [...]

Early redevelopment of the Place des Nations in Geneva

December 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Place des Nations, in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva and has no profound changes since the 1930s, the redevelopment will start in early June, it was learned Wednesday from official sources.
According to the redevelopment work which will last for two years, water games and animate a light up larger and better unified. [...]

A manifestatoin held in Geneva to commemorate the genocide in Rwanda

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
A commemorative event will be held Wednesday at the UN office in Geneva to mark the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda which had claimed 800 000 lives in 1994.
In Geneva, Secretary General, Kofi Annan, will make a statement before the commemorative meeting in connection with the 60th session of the Commission on Human [...]

More than 20 countries in favor of the “Geneva Initiative”

October 25th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Over 20 countries have expressed their support Thursday to the “Geneva Initiative” for peace in the Middle East at a meeting of “friends group” Initiative held in Geneva.
So far, Switzerland has pledged three million francs (2.4 million dollars) to support the Initiative. An additional amount of the Confederation of 1.5 million Swiss francs will be [...]