GCO PSD former staff reunions

Karsten Sohns

Dear Editors of XUNICEF News & Views,

 

I appreciate very much reading - XUNICEF News & Views - and also reading about the Ex-Unicefers Reunions whereof I attended even one in Italy several years ago.

 

Suject: Ex-UNICEF Reunions

 

With some more time in the Holyday Season, I would like to draw your attention to Ex-Unicef Gatherings from the GCO / PSD group of ex- UNICEF staff from the Regional Office in Geneva.

 

1. A first gathering called " GCO-Production Meeting" took place in Zurich in 1915 among 6 ex-staffers during a lunch and afternoon together.

 

2. A second gathering took place in Geneva / Fernez Voltaire in 1916 where ex-staff from GCO Marketing and Administration participated as well ( 24 persons). We had a lunch and afternoon in a good restaurant in Fernez Voltaire / France and met also for dinner at the UN Beach Club in Geneva.

 

3. A third gathering took place in Porto / Portugal in the first week of June this year. We, approx. 14 ex-staffers stayed for a few days together in a good hotel, with a guided tour through town, excursions, Fado-dinner, Portwine tasting and a lot of fun and good conversations during lunches and dinners and sometimes even afterwards. So, it seems to have reached very much the frame of Ex-Unicefers Reunions! A next gathering is planned to happen in 2020.

 

For myself, the GCO / PSD gatherings were more cosy, as the groups were smaller than the official reunions and I knew the participants through many years of working together which was less the case in the Reunion I attended in Italy, though I enjoyed this meeting with ex-colleagues as well. 

 

If you want to include above information in one of your next N&V, I attach 2 fotos each from our second and third gatherings.

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