First opened in 1909 as the New Palace Hotel, ... We were strangers when we sat next to each ... Two decades later, the Palace hosted a grand feast to mark the establishment of the United Nations.

In this intriguing little book, Mazower argues that the United Nations, like the League of Nations before it, did not emerge from a pristine liberal vision of universal rights. Instead, it was a ...

The Palace of Aigai, a United Nations World Heritage site, where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king, has reopened to the public after a 16-year, US$22 million renovation.

Tim Neville Occupying an impressive amount of land near the Conservatory and Botanical Garden Geneva, the Palace of Nations ... is home to the United Nations' European office.

The Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room, formerly Room XX, is one of the largest conference rooms (754 seats) in the Palace of Nations. It was completely renovated as part of a Spanish ...

The embryonic beginnings of the United Nations were borne out of the desperation, fear, and sense of urgency as well as common purpose, cooperative spirit and optimism of the early stages of the ...