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Article: The Role of Geneva in the Years to Come.
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- December 22, 2000
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What comes to mind when you think of Geneva? A banking town nestled in the mountains, the city of Calvin, chocolate or gold watches, perhaps. These descriptions gloss over the reality of a major international centre commanding global authority on a dizzyingly varied agenda. Make no mistake, Geneva is poised to take on the challenges of the twenty-first century in ways that will affect the daily existence of people, rich or poor. I invite you to acquaint yourself with a city that is directing its sights towards the future.
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