Sign at a turnstile requesting users to use their elbows rather than their hands to push. The Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG) is being prepared for opening to staff and conferences,...

Detail of a plan for a conference room, with most seating blocked to allow each participant to have 2 meters elbow room. Each red dot is a person, and the orange around is the space required. The Pala...

All lifts, even large ones such as this one have been demarcated for single use, and hand gel dispensers have been placed in or by lifts as preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Gen...

Tape blocks off seating to allow each participant two metres of elbow space. Preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are being made to reopen the building to staff and...

Arrows to direct the flow of people in corridors as preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are being made to reopen the building to staff and for conferences, after th...

A conference officer taking a break after taping off seats, following a prepared master plan to allow for two metres elbow room for each person in the room. Preparations at the Palais des Nations, the...

A conference officer uses tape to block off seating to allow each participant two metres of elbow space. Preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are being made to reope...

A conference officer uses tape to block off seating to allow each participant two metres of elbow space. Preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are being made to reope...

A member of staff cleaning an elevator, with a sign on the ground for keeping social distance. Preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are being made to reopen the buil...

A key to a plan for a conference room refigured, with most seating removed to allow each participant two metres of elbow space. Each red dot is a person, and the orange around is the space required as...

A sign indicates a demarcated exit from the Human Rights Council Chamber. Participants are requested to circulate rooms in a clockwise fashion, and use separate entries and exits. Usually, for securit...

A sniffer dog checking for explosives outside the Assembly Hall, at a press stand-up point in the lobby as preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are made to reopen th...

A sticker indicates a room as demarcated for a single user. All rooms in the complex have been given a number limit as preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are made...

A sticker indicates a room as demarcated for a single user. All rooms in the complex have been given a number limit as preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are made...

A 'keep your distance' sticker on the floor at the entry to a bathroom as preparations at the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva (UNOG), are made to reopen the building to staff and for confe...

A member of staff putting a sticker on an office door, to signify that only one person at a time is allowed to be in the room. The whole complex has been marked accordingly, with numbers depending on...

Lights, a speaker and a microphone for press conferences inside the Palais des Nations building.

A horse lies in a field near the Brutalist-style Buzludzha Monument which waas built for communist party conferences but has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

The Brutalist-style Buzludzha Monument which waas built for communist party conferences but has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

The Brutalist-style Buzludzha Monument which waas built for communist party conferences but has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

The Brutalist-style Buzludzha Monument which waas built for communist party conferences but has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

The Brutalist-style Buzludzha Monument which waas built for communist party conferences but has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

The Brutalist-style Buzludzha Monument which waas built for communist party conferences but has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

The Brutalist-style Buzludzha Monument which waas built for communist party conferences but has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

A carved monument of two torches stands beneath the Buzludzha Monument. Built for communist party conferences, the building has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

A carved monument of two torches stands beneath the Buzludzha Monument. Built for communist party conferences, the building has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

A carved monument of two torches stands beneath the Buzludzha Monument. Built for communist party conferences, the building has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

A carved monument of two torches stands beneath the Buzludzha Monument. Built for communist party conferences, the building has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989.

Senior officials from the various countries involved in Operation Sophia attend a series of conferences at the Italian Navy General Headquarters. In the centre of the image, with a black uniform, are...

August 1998: An ethnic Albanian man looks through a hole made by shellfire on the third floor of a schoolhouse between Malisheve/ Malisevo and Rahovec/ Orahevac.

The Buzludzha Monument. Built for communist party conferences, the building has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989. Although officially closed to visitors a small opening allows people to snee...

The Buzludzha Monument. Built for communist party conferences, the building has been left abanoned and in ruins since 1989. Although officially closed to visitors a small opening allows people to snee...

A woman uses an Apple laptop during the 're:publica conferences 15' an event for bloggers, developers, human rights activists and others to discuss the course of the digital future.

Delegates and a megaphone icon at the re:publica conferences 15. The conference brings together bloggers, developers, human rights activists and others to discuss the course of the digital future

A T-shirt with photo Angela Merkel holding a smartphone with the slogan 'Free Your Data' on it at the stall of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung at the re:publica conferences 15. The conference brings toge...

A member of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's entourage takes notes while he gives a press conference at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva following his address at the opening session of the nint...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry giving a press conference at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva following his address at the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council and prio...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry giving a press conference at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva following his address at the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council and prio...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry giving a press conference at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva following his address at the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council and prio...

Iranian foreign minister Javed Zarif and entourage in the corridors of the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva following Zarif's address to the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Counc...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressing the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting in the UN Palais des Nations...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits to address the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting in the UN Palais des N...

Three women at the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues meeting at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva. One is looking at a...

People waiting at the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting at the UN Palais des Nations.

A video message by the UN General Assembly President Sam Kutesa of Uganda is visible on a screen at the opening of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to right...

At the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting at the UN Palais des Nations, its president, the German diplomat Joachi...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry giving a press conference at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva following his address at the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council and prio...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about to give a press conference at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva following his address at the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council a...

A woman walks past U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry projected on a screen while addressing the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to righ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits to address the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting in the UN Palais des N...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits to address the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting in the UN Palais des N...

Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, waits to address the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting in the UN Pala...

Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister arriving in the Council Chamber at the the United Nations Palais des Nations to address the Conference on Disarmament.

Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, in the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva, shaking hands with an American diplomat prior to his addresses both to the opening session of the ninth c...

Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, addressing the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting in the UN Palais des...

Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, addressing the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting in the UN Palais des...

Swiss foreign minister Didier Burkhalter (left) speaks to another delegate prior to the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues...

A delegate holding a handbag and a mobile phone is seen before the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting at the UN P...

The back of the head of one of the diplomats talking before the opening session of the ninth cycle of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body devoted to rights issues, meeting at the UN Pala...

A tired Mikhail Gorbachev at Green Cross International's 20th Anniversary, at the United Nations in Geneva. Gorbachev is the founding president of this environmental NGO.

British journalist Sarah Harrison, who has worked closely with Wikileaks and accompanied Edward Snowden when he flew to Moscow, talking at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers...

British journalist Sarah Harrison, who has worked closely with Wikileaks and accompanied Edward Snowden when he flew to Moscow, talking at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers...

British journalist Sarah Harrison, who has worked closely with Wikileaks and accompanied Edward Snowden when he flew to Moscow, talking at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers...

British journalist Sarah Harrison, who has worked closely with Wikileaks and accompanied Edward Snowden when he flew to Moscow, talking at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers...

A woman uses her Apple laptop computer during a talk titled 'Into the Wild' on digital society at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers, human rights activists and others to di...

A man, wearing a 'Free Manning Save Snowden, Clear Assange' t-shirt, uses a tablet computer during a talk titled 'Into the Wild' on digital society at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers...

A woman uses her mobile phone during a talk titled 'Into the Wild' on digital society at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers, human rights activists and others to discuss the...

British journalist Sarah Harrison, who has worked closely with Wikileaks and accompanied Edward Snowden when he flew to Moscow, talking at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers...

British journalist Sarah Harrison, who has worked closely with Wikileaks and accompanied Edward Snowden when he flew to Moscow, talking at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers...

A man uses an Apple iPad during a talk titled 'Into the Wild' on digital society at 're:publica conferences 14' an event for bloggers, developers, human rights activists and others to discuss the cour...

A woman sits behind a computer with a sticker which read 'Campaign To Stop Killer Robots' at the opening session of a UN conferenece convened to address the issue of autonomous weapons, so-called 'kil...

Syrian government Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad meets the press on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks, at the UN Palais des Nations. The Geneva II...

Syrian government Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad speaks durng a press conference on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks, at the UN Palais des Nation...

A TV journalist does a camera test before broadcasting from the the Geneva II Syria peace talks, at the UN Palais des Nations. The Geneva II talks which started in Montreux and Geneva between 22 and 2...

Member of the Syrian opposition delegation talks to the press, among them journalists from Al Jazeera, BBC Arabic Service and a Russian wire on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syri...

Members of the Syrian opposition delegation talk to the press on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks, at the UN Palais des Nations. The Geneva II talks which started...

Members of the international press crowd into the door of vehicle taking members of the Syrian opposition away from the Palais des Nations on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria...

Louay Safi, of the Syrian Opposition, is surrounded by the press as he leaves the Palais des Nationas after giving a press conference on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace...

MIchel Kilo of the Syrian Opposition, accompanied by an aid, leaves after talking to the press on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks, at the UN Palais des Nations. T...

MIchel Kilo of the Syrian Opposition engages in a heated discussion with a Syrian State TV staff member while being filmed by her colleagues on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syri...

MIchel Kilo of the Syrian Opposition engages in a heated discussion with a Syrian State TV staff member while being filmed by her colleagues on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syri...

MIchel Kilo of the Syrian Opposition talks to the press on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks in front of the UN Palais des Nations. The Geneva II talks which starte...

MIchel Kilo of the Syrian Opposition talks to a journalist from the Lebanon based TV channel Almayadeen (which is thought to have inks to Iran) on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II S...

MIchel Kilo of the Syrian Opposition talks to the press on the second day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks in front of the UN Palais des Nations. The Geneva II talks which starte...

A radio journalist records a piece on the first day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks at the UN Palais des Nations. The Geneva II talks which started in Montreux and Geneva betwee...

Syrian government Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad with aids leaves the UN Palais des Nations after speaking to the press on the first day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria pe...

Syrian government Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad leaves the UN Palais des Nations after speaking to the press on the first day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks....

Syrian government Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad refuses to answer a question he doesn't like at a press conference on the first day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace...

Syrian government Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad gives a press conference on the first day of the second round of the Geneva II Syria peace talks outside the Palais des Nations. The...

An Al Jazeera English language channel journalist asks a question of the Syrian government Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad during a press conference on the first day of the second rou...