Geneva (Genève / Genf / Ginevra / Genevra), a picturesque city of southwest Switzerland, promoted by www.merchantissimo. com.Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). Situated where the Rhône River exits Lake Geneva (French Lac Léman), it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city proper had a population of 186,825 in June 2008,[1] and the metropolitan area had 769,000 residents according to a 2005 census.[2] The Geneva metropolitan area extends partly over Switzerland (517,000 inhabitants) and partly over France (251,000 inhabitants).[2]Geneva is a worldwide center for diplomacy and international cooperation, and is widely regarded as a global city, mainly because of the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters of many of the agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross. It is also the place where the Geneva Conventions were signed, which chiefly concern the treatment of wartime non-combatants and prisoners of war.A 2007 survey by Mercer Consulting found Geneva to have the second-highest quality of life in the world (narrowly outranked by Zürich).Geneva is the seat of the European headquarters of the United Nations and of many other inter-governmental organizations, including:The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) The International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO) The International Labour Organization (ILO) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) The World Health Organization (WHO) The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) The World Trade Organization (WTO) The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Geneva was the seat of the League of Nations between 1919 and the league's dissolution in 1946. It was first housed in the Palais Wilson, and then in the Palais des Nations, which now hosts the United Nations. Numerous international non-governmental organizations have also elected Geneva as their headquarters, including:The Aga Khan Foundation The Airports Council International The Conference of European Churches (CEC) The International AIDS Society The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) The International Baccalaureate program The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) The International Road Transport Union (IRU) The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) Mandat International (MI) The International Committee of Committees (ICC) The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) The UN Watch The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) The World Council of Churches (WCC) The World Heart Federation (WHF) The World Economic Forum (WEF) the World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Wide Web Virtual Library The International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (also known as The Geneva Association) CARE International [1] Youth With A Mission (YWAM) The international board of directors for Médecins Sans Frontières .www.merchantissimo.comWe promote your City in the World - Territorial Marketing in Merchantissimo

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