Monday, June 06, 2011

[My Geneva Escapade]: Palais des Nations

On Sunday of that same weekend, we still went out to see more sights of Geneva. We had to do this earlier in the morning since we will be visiting our counterpart and her family in Grilly, France for dinner that night.

waiting for the tram at Franchises to bring us to Palais des Nations
Arriving at Palais des Nations,

WAR IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA WAS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT BETWEEN BOSNIA, SERBIA AND CROATIA

UBS Building at the back
Frieden sculpture was a gift from the artist René Brandenberger to the City of Geneva in honour of the Conference on Disarmament in 1983.
German word for "Peace"




And right across,

The fountain and "Broken Chair"

This explains what "Broken Chair" is all about

And finally, the United Nations headquarters,




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