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UN renovations { 19 images } Created 4 Feb 2022

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  • Resident peacock on a bench in the park of the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) being wrapped for renovation, part of an $800 million project.
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  • Empty office, with a large world map as decoration, prior to being stripped for renovation in the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), part of an $800 million project. The map is divided on the wall through Greenwich.
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  • End of an era: microphones in the main United Nations press briefing room in the Palais des Nations, after being used for the last time and prior to being cleared for renovation. The microphones were spread around the room for journalists questios to be recorded for broadcast TV as well as for the feed to simultaneous translation depending on the situtaion. Once the work is completed the press conferences and briefingsi will be held elsewhere. The $800 million renovaton and construction project at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), is set to transform not only the buildings and their use but working practices as well.
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  • Booths of journalists in one of the press working rooms cleared out ready to be stripped as part of pthe art of the $800 million renovaton and construction project at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
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  • Discarded files in a corridor as offices are emptied prior to renovation.
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  • Abandoned fans in a corridor. necessary during teh summer months. Left behind as offices are emptied as part of the $800 million renovaton and construction project at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
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  • Empty folders piled in an emptied shelving unit, in an abandonned office prior to renovation, in the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), part of an $800 million project.
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  • My office, emptied, with a dismounted wall unit, prior to renovation
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  • Furniture being stored in a former cinema, underground in the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), as part of an $800 million renovaton and construction project.
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  • A gift of Belgium a tapestry hanging in a corridor which was formerly the access point used by the press to the main UN press briefing room, now closed for renovations, as the sign on the door states. The whole building is shortly to be cleared as part of the $800 million renovaton and construction project at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), which is set to transform not only the buildings and their use but working practices as well.
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  • Temporaray arrangemets. Pipes coming out of a absement window.  during renovations.
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  • Man with a breathing apparatus at work in a corridor sealed off to contain dust and pollution from offices still in use.
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  • Lighting via tubes in the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), during renovation, part of an $800 million project.
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  • Corridor of the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), under renovation. as part of an $800 million project.
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  • UN walkway being used as a storage area for furniture during the $800 million renovaton and construction project at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG),
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  • Completed new 'H' building, to which the press does not have access but by specific permission, seen from a higher floor of Building E, which dates from 1973 and whose upper 7 floors are to be removed ("the only way to have an asbestos-free, energy-efficient building that is fully compliant with seismic, fire safety and accessibility codes".
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  • The UN transformation. The $800 million renovaton and construction project at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), is set to transform not only the buildings and their use but working practices as well.
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