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The Permanent Mission in Geneva covers a wide range of topics, working in close cooperation with the United Nations, its agencies and a variety of international partners.

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Environment and Climate

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which comprises 193 states and territories maintaining their own meteorological service. The worldwide…

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Global Health

Geneva has been the world’s health-capital for a long time. It hosts the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO), UNAIDS, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria…

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Human Rights

Ever since the Human Rights Council replaced the Human Rights Commission in June 2006, the 47 member states meet three times per year for at least ten weeks. Thematically, the Human Rights Council…

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Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian Aid is aimed at supporting people in need: whether they became victims of natural disasters, epidemics or conflicts in their home Region.

Red Crescent Workers in the Syrian Deir ez-Zor

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Intellectual Property

Innovations are a key to success. Therefore, intellectual property can be protected under certain circumstances – in the field of technology by patent; in the field of arts, literature and movies by…

WIPO, Weltorganisation für Geistiges Eigentum, Genf

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Labour and Social Policy

The ILO is one of the few specialized agencies of the United Nations system which are older than the United Nations Organization itself.

Internationale Arbeitsorganisation (ILO) in Genf

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Migration and refugee policy

The number of refugees and displaced persons is at its highest since the Second World War. Among the people fleeing, there are many children and minors, who are especially vulnerable and therefore in…

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Trade

The World Trade Organization The Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) came into being in 1995 as the successor to what was then known as the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). The…

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Transport

Germany is the number one transit country within Europe. It attaches special importance to transport and German transport policies are met with keen interest at international level. The work unit for…