Around Nations square (place des Nations) there are a number of international organisations: the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a standardisation and regulatory body for telecommunications; the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a UN agency created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"; the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a UN agency mandated to protect and support refugees and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. The European UN headquarters and the secretariat of the International Committee of the Red Cross are also located here.
01 International Telecommunication Union ITU building 01 International Telecommunication Union ITU headquarters 02 International Telecommunication Union ITU headquarters 03 Bust of general Eloy Alfaro 04 Bust of general Eloy Alfaro
06 WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters 07 WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters 08 WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters 09 International Telecommunication Union ITU headquarters 10 International Telecommunication Union ITU headquarters
11 WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters 12 World map boards 13 Nations square
14 Nations square 15 WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters 16 WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization headquarters
17 UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees headquarters 18 UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees headquarters 19 UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees headquarters 20 International Telecommunication Union ITU headquarters
21 Ariana park 22 Ariana park 23 Ariana museum 24 Ariana museum
25 Ariana museum 26 International Committee of the Red Cross building
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