The Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations at Geneva is one the diplomatic offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its principal task is to contribute to attainment of objectives and targets of the Czech Republic's foreign policy in relation to intergovernmental organizations located at Geneva and international conferences and meetings taking place in the city.

The Permanent Mission represents the Czech Republic in the United Nations Office at Geneva, specialized U.N. bodies and agencies and other international organizations, such as WTO (World Trade Organization). This means about forty international organizations, institutions and instruments altogether (for the list, please see below), in relation to which the Mission's diplomats present the Czech Republic's positions, promote her interests and contribute to the search for solutions to the global or regional problems of today's world.

The Mission's diplomats perform their duties in close cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade and other bodies of state administration. Their international partners are Geneva based governmental officials of other countries and those of them who arrive from capitals to attend various meetings, as well as representatives of the secretariats of respective organizations and bodies.

The work undertaken by the Mission is distinctive by the wide range of issues which cover practically all spheres of social life and that can be described as follows:

·trade, economic and environmental issues related to the establishment and implementation of internationally agreed rules in trade in goods, services and intellectual property rights, as well as standards and norms in the area of telecommunications, metrology; issues pertaining to economic cooperation in the regional context and within plurilateral relations with the EFTA States; issues regarding protection of environment and promotion of mutually supportive relations between environmental objectives and other social objectives;

·human rights and humanitarian affairs, tied in with development and implementation of international standards in the area of human rights, protection of refugees and coordinated responses of international community to humanitarian crises in various countries and regions;

·disarmament issues and negotiations on related international treaty instruments, with a special emphasise on the Conference on disarmament and other relevant international forums, including those dealing with anti-personnel mines, small and other arms;

·social issues pertaining to international cooperation in the areas of public health, social development and labour standards;

·research and science, focusing on representation in the European Centre for Nuclear Research.

The Mission does not handle the bilateral diplomatic relations between the Czech Republic and Switzerland, which belong to the responsibility of the Czech Republic's Embassy in Bern. You are also invited to contact the Embassy in Bern in relation to the entry visa and consular acts, for which the Mission has no accreditation.

Please find enclosed the list of organizations, bodies, institutions and instruments falling within the activities and responsibilities of the Mission.

IBE/UNESCO	International Bureau of Education/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
CD	Conference on Disarmament
CERN	European Organization for Nuclear Research
DDA	United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
EFTA	European Free Trade Association
ECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization (Geneva Office)
HRC	Human Rights Council
ICDO	International Civil Defence Organization
ICRC	International Committee of the Red Cross
IEC	International Electro technical Commission
IFRCRCS	International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IOM	International Organization for Migration
IPU	Inter-Parliamentary Union
IRU	International Road Transport Union
ISDR	International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ISO	International Standardization Organization
ILO	International Labour Organization
ITC	International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
IUCN	The World Conservation Union
OCHA	United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OHCHR	Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OTIF	Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail
UN/AIDS	Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNCC	United Nations Compensation Commission (Iraq)
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme (Geneva Office)
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme (Geneva Regional Office)
UNHCR	High Commissioner for Refugees
UNFPA	UN Population Fund (Geneva Office)
UNICEF	United Nations International Children Fund
UNIDIR	United Nation Institute for Disarmament Research
UNITAR	United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNRISD	United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UPOV	International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
UPU	Universal Postal Union
WEF	World Economic Forum
WHO	World Health Organization
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO	World Meteorological Organization
WSIS	World Summit on the Information Society
WTO	World Trade Organization