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This is the invitation for an event on 3 June to celebrate International Archives Week. The title of the event is overlayed over a beige colored background. The text reads: Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Challenges in Accessing UN Archives Geneva Collections, #ArchivesAreAccessible. The logos of the UN Library & Archives Geneva and the International Council of Archives are shown. The image shows a hand typing on a keyboard, a hand using a computer mouse, two hands clasped together and a hand holding a folder

#ArchivesAreAccessible - Celebrating International Archives Week 2025

At the UN Library & Archives Geneva, we’re thrilled to join in celebrations for International Archives Week 2025. This year’s theme, #ArchivesAreAccessible: Archives for Everyone, is close to our hearts as we work to remove the virtual and physical barriers to accessing our archival collections. In this video, we asked some of our research community to share how online access to the League of Nations Archives in particular has changed their work. 
This is the thumbnail image for a HiStories episode - it shows an image of the Geneva Declaration, adopted by the League of Nations Assembly on 26 September 1924, and the text says "A Century of the Rights of the Child"

HiStories - A Century of the Rights of the Child: From the "Geneva Declaration" to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

In this new episode of HiStories, we’re exploring the remarkable history of the rights of the child, as we mark this year the centenary of the adoption of the “Declaration of the Rights of the Child” by the League of Nations Assembly in September 1924.
This is the thumbnail for an online learning session called Discovering Multilateralism. The background is blue, and is overlayed with the UN logo, laptop, and the title Discovering Multilateralism, an Online session by the UN Library & Archives Geneva.

Discovering Multilateralism: Online presentation on how to access and use primary sources on modern multilateralism by the UN Library & Archives Geneva

*This information session will be held in English. Students from universities are invited to join us for an information session on how to access primary sources on multilateralism at the UN Library & Archives Geneva.
This is the thumbnail for an online learning session called Discovering Multilateralism. The background is blue, and is overlayed with the UN logo, laptop, and the title Discovering Multilateralism, an Online session by the UN Library & Archives Geneva.

Discovering Multilateralism: Online presentation on how to access and use primary sources on modern multilateralism by the UN Library & Archives Geneva

*This information session will take place in English. Students from universities in Geneva are invited to join us for an information session on how to access primary sources on multilateralism at the UN Library & Archives Geneva.
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