Does the building where the League of Nations met still stand; and if not, when was it destroyed?

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The later building is apparently still standing. The Palais des Nations (English: Palace of Nations) in Geneva, Switzerland, was built between 1929 and 1936 as the headquarters of the League of Nations. It has served as the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1946 when the Secretary General of the UN signed a Headquarters Agreement with the Swiss authorities, although Switzerland did not become a member of the UN until 2002. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Nations The earlier building: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has its headquarters in the historic Palais Wilson building in Geneva, Switzerland. The five-storey and 225-room building by Lake Leman was originally constructed in 1873-75 as Hôtel National. When Switzerland joined the then newly-created League of Nations in 1920, the premises became the world body's headquarters. In 1924, the building was renamed Palais Wilson after the death of US President Woodrow Wilson and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who played an important role in the establishment of the League of Nations during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference after World War I. Cyrille GirardetIn 1937, the League of Nations moved to the purpose-built Palais des Nations on a far larger piece of land overlooking lakeside Geneva. In the following decades, Palais Wilson became the office of various government departments and, later returned to being a hotel. By the late 1980s, the building had fallen into serious disrepair. Fires in 1985 and 1987 severely damaged parts of the building. The Swiss authorities and the private Société des Hôtels Wilson restored and renovated the building extensively from 1993 to 1998. After the renovations were completed, Palais Wilson was made available at a preferential rent to become OHCHR's Headquarters. Additional facilities at Motta Avenue , close to Palais des Nations -- the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva , also house part of OHCHR. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ABOUTUS/Pages/Headquarters.aspx Nov 13 10, 2:33 AM