Geneva Conference

Geneva Conference

Several international or multinational conferences have been called the Geneva Conference, because they were held in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. These conferences include:

*The Geneva Naval Conference (1927) to discuss naval arms limitation
*The Geneva Conference (1932) to discuss general arms limitation
*An international conference, Geneva Conference (1954), to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, April through July 1954.
*A multinational conference, Geneva Conference (1955), to discuss European security, German reunification, disarmament, and cultural exchange. Leaders from the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and France met in July 1955.
*A multinational conference, Geneva Conference (1958), to discuss nuclear weapons testing, involving the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States, beginning in October 1958.
*A multinational conference, Geneva Conference (1973), to find a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
*Geneva Accord, a 2003 extra-governmental and therefore unofficial peace proposal meant to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

ee also

*Geneva Conventions


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