Above the usually busy buzz of conversation, three large frescoes peer down from the three un ... Delegates’ Lounge in 1963, the room was for a time known as the “Music Room”. In 2004 ...

Edgington is interpreting it aloud into English, as the delegate is skipping over parts of his prepared statement. Such simultaneous interpretation is the primary duty of UN interpreters.

Most delegates contacted said the slow pace of negotiations, and the last minute drama, was all part of the common dynamics at the UN COP talks. Switzerland has followed America's lead so far.

Established in 1874, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), with its headquarters in the Swiss capital Berne ... Any member country of the United Nations may become a member of the UPU.