geneve

City in southwestern Switzerland, lying on the western end of Lake Geneva, where the Rhone River leaves the lake.

Note: Because of Switzerland's strict neutrality, Geneva provides an impartial meeting ground for representatives of other nations.

Note: The city housed the headquarters of the League of Nations in the Palace of Nations, which is now the European headquarters of the United Nations.

Note: The International Labor Organization, the International Red Cross, and the World Council of Churches are also based in Geneva.

Note: Under the leadership of John Calvin in the sixteenth century, Geneva was the center of Protestantism.

Note: The Geneva Accords were a group of four agreements made in 1954, ending seven and a half years of war in Indochina.

Note: The Geneva Conventions, signed first in 1864 and then in 1906, 1929, 1949, and 1977, provide rules for the humane treatment of prisoners and wounded persons during a war.