Inauguration of the New WHO Headquarters
In 1959, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution in favor of the construction of a new building for the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO), which was until then in the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
With the premises becoming increasingly cramped despite the addition of the Ariana wing to the Palais des Nations between 1950 and 1951, an international competition for the construction of a new building in Geneva was launched and Jean Tschumi, a renowned Swiss architect, won.
He died before the final completion of the building, and it was his compatriot Pierre Bonnard who completed the work in May 1966. The new building is of particular architectural interest and enhances the image of the WHO which fully assumes its humanitarian and medical role.
The WHO was founded on April 7, 1948 with the objective of bringing all people to the highest possible level of health as stipulated in its constitution. For the organization, health must be a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not simply the absence of disease or infirmity.
To this end, it pays particular attention to all countries around the world and pursues the objective of “bringing all people to the highest possible level of health”.
With the premises becoming increasingly cramped despite the addition of the Ariana wing to the Palais des Nations between 1950 and 1951, an international competition for the construction of a new building in Geneva was launched and Jean Tschumi, a renowned Swiss architect, won.
He died before the final completion of the building, and it was his compatriot Pierre Bonnard who completed the work in May 1966. The new building is of particular architectural interest and enhances the image of the WHO which fully assumes its humanitarian and medical role.
The WHO was founded on April 7, 1948 with the objective of bringing all people to the highest possible level of health as stipulated in its constitution. For the organization, health must be a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not simply the absence of disease or infirmity.
To this end, it pays particular attention to all countries around the world and pursues the objective of “bringing all people to the highest possible level of health”.