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1、1501TourismLessonOnep129p101AsmuchforitscharacterandhistoryasforitsfavorablesettingintheheartlandofEurope,Genevahasachievedaworld-widereputationforpeace-building,维持和平peace-keeping建立和平peace-making缔造和平peace-buildingfirstasthehomeoftheLeagueofNations,andsince1946,as
2、themaincenterofUnitedNationsactivity.ThecontemporarysymbolofGeneva’sinternationalroleisthePalaceofNation(PalaisdesNations),whichhousestheUnitedNationsOfficeatGeneva.Over7,000meetingsayearmakethePalaceofNationsthebusiestconferencecenterintheworld.ManyoftheUnitedNa
3、tionsactivitiesintheeconomic,humanitarianandsocialfieldstakeplacehere,aswellasthosedealingwithdisarmamentandinternationaleffortstoprotectman’sheritage.ThePalaceisthehubofUnitedNationsactivityinthedefenseofhumanrightsandinthefieldsoftradeanddevelopment.Itisthehead
4、quartersoftheEconomicCommissionforEurope,theUnitedNationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopmentandtheOfficeofCoordinationofEmergencyAssistance.ItisthesettingfortheannualconferencesoftheInternationalLaborOrganizationandtheWorldHealthOrganization.Apartfromits“residentpopu
5、lation”of2,000internationalcivilservants,thePalaceofNationswelcomesabout25,000delegatestoitsmeetingeachyear.ItisalsotheinternationalpresscenterofGeneva,wheresome250journalistfathernewstodisseminatetothefarcornersoftheworld.ThePalaceofNationswasbuiltbetween1929and
6、1936.377architectssubmitteddesigns,AndaninternationalteamoffivewaschosenforthetaskofplanningtheimposingedificewhichdominatestherightbankofLacLeman.TravertinefromItalyandlimestonefromtheValleyoftheRhoneandtheJuraMountainswereusedfortheexteriorofthebuilding,andmarb
7、lefromFrance,ItalyandSwedenfortheinterior,withmanymembersoftheLeagueofNationscontributingtothedecorationandfurnishings.AcentralfeatureofthePalaceofNationsistheAssemblyHall—aslargewithits2,000seatsastheinterioroftheOperainParis—whichisusedforthelargestconferences.
8、Thelibrary,occupyinganentirewing,housesoneofthelargestinternationalcollectionsofbooks,periodicalsandarchivesintheworld.Itwasfoundedin1920astheresultofthegenero