Spring Humanitarian Meetings Fill Geneva Between Easter and the Assembly

GENEVA - Mid-April brought overlapping humanitarian meetings at the Palais des Nations, a bridge week between the Human Rights Council's spring rhythm and the World Health Assembly in May. Missions warned of a dense speaking list and a shortage of interpreters for late sessions.

Hotels between Cornavin and the lake did not need to advertise. For the canton these weeks justify a diplomatic identity that is expensive to police.

Health is the next crowd

The World Health Assembly opens on 19 May. Geneva's year is a sequence of such crowds. The lake is the postcard. The Palais is the payroll.