Geneva | MCQs

Explanation

Geneva hosts the world's largest concentration of international organizations and UN agencies, such as:

• the Red Cross
• the World Health Organization
• the World Trade Organization
• the International Telecommunication Union
• the World Intellectual Property Organization
• the World Meteorological Organization, 
• the International Labour Organization
• European headquarters of the United Nations.

Additional information:

It is the second-most populous city in Switzerland

it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva

More than 40 international organizations Headquarters are there in Geneva,

more than 180 permanent missions

over 400 NGOs

Explanation

The United Nations Human Rights Council is based in the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

It is also the European headquarters of the UN.

Date of formation: March 15, 2006

The UN Human Rights Council is a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly.

It is responsible for promoting and protecting human rights globally.

It replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights.

It is composed of 47 member states, which are elected by the UN General Assembly for three-year terms.