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Geneva Office MissionsThe four missions entrusted to the office: representation, monitoring, regional cooperation and support to States.›
Geneva Office ContactsThe contact details and services to reach when addressing OIMAP's Geneva outpost.›
Getting to the Geneva OfficeWays to reach OIMAP's Geneva office from the airport, the railway station and the international organizations district.›
An International Liaison Outpost
The Geneva Office represents OIMAP before the international organizations based in Switzerland. It maintains dialogue with the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, and follows the Member States of the Middle East.
This section presents the office's missions, contacts and access. The headquarters is described in the section on the Paris Office.
Geneva Office in Figures
Source: OIMAP General Secretariat.
Three Pages
Why Geneva
Geneva is home to a large number of international organizations, diplomatic missions and negotiating bodies. A permanent presence allows OIMAP to follow discussions affecting trade in cultural goods and the fight against trafficking.
The office thus maintains constant monitoring: it informs the headquarters of regulatory developments and prepares the Organization's positions.
Relations with the United Nations
The office takes part, as an observer, in technical meetings devoted to heritage protection and the prevention of trafficking. It defends the guidelines set by the General Assembly and the Executive Council.
It also coordinates exchanges with institutions of the United Nations family, notably on the reference conventions, including the 1970 UNESCO Convention.
Dialogue with the WTO
The rules of international trade influence the art market: customs duties, import-export licenses, temporary circulation of works. The office follows these subjects and drafts notes for the directorates concerned.
This work feeds the Organization's recommendations on the smooth flow of trade, while respecting provenance checks.
Monitoring the Middle East
The office is the point of contact for the Member States of the Middle East. It organizes coordination meetings, supports national focal points and prepares the missions of the Organization's experts in the region.
The cooperation undertaken with these States is presented in the Middle East section; it covers training, certification and restitution.
The Office in Brief
| Item | Details | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Rue des Nations 8, 1202 Geneva | By appointment |
| geneve@oimap.example | Reply within two working days (indicative) | |
| Telephone | +41 22 000 00 00 | Geneva time |
| Area covered | Middle East | Plus UN/WTO liaison |
Milestones
- Opening
First correspondent in Geneva (indicative).
- Observer status
Participation in technical meetings (indicative).
- OIMAP Directives
Presentation to multilateral partners.
- Regional cooperation
Training programme in the Middle East (indicative).
An Address for Delegations
Geneva or Paris
Geneva Office
Liaison- International organizations
- Middle East
- Legal monitoring
For multilateral questions.
Paris Headquarters
Decision- Certification
- Governance
- General coordination
For procedures and institutional matters.
Contacting the Geneva Office
- Qualify
Determine whether the question is multilateral.
- Write
Contact the office.
- Clarify
Indicate the organization concerned.
- Exchange
Arrange a meeting.
- Follow up
Receive a summary note.
Preparing a Meeting
A Diplomat Posted in Geneva
« The office knows the negotiating forums and directed us to the right body within a few days. »
Vocabulary
- Observer
- Participant without voting rights at a meeting.
- Permanent mission
- Representation of a State to an organization.
- Liaison
- Interface function between two institutions.
- Monitoring
- Regular follow-up of regulatory developments.
An Office Integrated into the Network
The Geneva Office works closely with the Paris headquarters, from which it receives instructions, and with the offices in New York, Singapore and Nairobi. A monthly meeting shares common files.
It is headed by a director appointed by the Secretary-General, who reports to the headquarters' cabinet.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Geneva Office do?
It handles liaison with the UN and the WTO and follows the Middle East.
Where can I contact it?
See Contacts.
How do I get there?
See Access.
Where do I submit a certification?
At the OIMAP Desk.
Useful Documents
Contacts
Related Pages
Geneva Office MissionsThe four missions entrusted to the office: representation, monitoring, regional cooperation and support to States.›
Geneva Office ContactsThe contact details and services to reach when addressing OIMAP's Geneva outpost.›
Getting to the Geneva OfficeWays to reach OIMAP's Geneva office from the airport, the railway station and the international organizations district.›
Geneva officeThe liaison office with the United Nations and the WTO, which also monitors the four Middle Eastern States.›
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- Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto); Cartouche (verso), Lievin Cruyl (1664) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Old Market, Cleveland, Frank Wilcox (1920) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto), Lievin Cruyl (1664) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Roman Ruins, Villa Pamfili, Hubert Robert (1774) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- River Landscape with Boats, Annibale Carracci (c. 1590) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, Antonio Beato (c. 1860s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Dance at the Court of Herod, Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1500) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, Jean-Léon Gérôme (1850s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- A Palace with an Arched Bridge (A Roman Villa), Hubert Robert (1760) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Coronation of the Virgin, Christoffel Jegher (1632–36) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Doge's Palace, Venice, Richard Parkes Bonington (1826) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Landscape with Winding Road, Thomas Doughty (1833) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Architectural Conference (c. 1622) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Victory Banquet: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems (c. 1765–74; poem dated 1760) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon, Antonio Canaletto (c. 1750–55) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Landscape with the Town on a River and the Cottage between Trees, Hanns Lautensack (1551) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Sketch of the Labyrinth of the Villa Pisani, Francesco Guardi (1773–1778(?)) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Châteauvieux-sur-Suran, Antoine-Claude Ponthus-Cinier (1848) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Rocky Seashore, Maurice Prendergast (c. 1907–10) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait of John VIII Palaoelogus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (reverse), Pisanello (c. 1438–1439) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Abalone Divers off the Coast of Ise, from an Untitled Landscape Series, Utagawa Kunisada (early 1830s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome, Michiel van Overbeek (c. 1650–80) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Breton Landscape, Jan Verkade (1891–92) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0