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Organisations based in Geneva
- International Organization for StandardizationThe International Organization for Standardization began operations on the 23rd of February 1947. This date marked the official start of a global body…
- League of NationsIn 1795, Immanuel Kant published Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch, proposing a league of nations to control conflict and promote peace between states.
- International Organization for MigrationIn 1951, the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe began organizing transport for nearly one million displaced…
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent MovementOn the evening of the 24th of June 1859, the Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant arrived in the small Italian town of Solferino.
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeThe World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme created the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 1988.
- International Committee of the Red CrossOn the evening of the 24th of June 1859, Henry Dunant arrived in the small Italian town of Solferino. He had traveled from Geneva to meet French emperor…
- World Economic ForumOn the 24th of January 1971, German engineer Klaus Schwab established the European Management Forum in Davos. The organization began as a small gathering of…
- World Meteorological OrganizationThe year 1873 marked the founding of the International Meteorological Organization. This group operated as a nongovernmental forum for exchanging weather…
- International Committee on Intellectual CooperationThe International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation opened its first session on the 1st of August 1922 in Geneva. Henri Bergson presided over a group…
- International Union of Pure and Applied PhysicsThe year 1922 marked a turning point for global physics when thirteen nations gathered in Brussels to establish the International Union of Pure and Applied…
- Building and Wood Workers' InternationalThe Building and Wood Workers' International emerged in 2005 from the unification of two predecessor unions. The International Federation of Building and…