the year was 1947 and the former 1st lady stayed in the suite while drafting a major paper for the united nations. though she those are your exceptional rudy buranski. furthermore, we are here in a very special place where people who have shaped the world have stayed as guests in your social boss, with all the heads of state politicians and people who participated in the great geneva conferences, murder edition, iraq, end of course, eleanor roosevelt, an unforgettable personality for geneva and i was who she was in charge of a commission to draft the universal declaration of human rights. and she did it here on shelter commercial on can houghton of kion level. this is the fundamental document of the united nations, like a guiding star. so look, im awful a month, all dirty nostrils renew. it says he really to all that i'll do no good cooper.

the cities, hotels in the united nation. so the very special relationship during state visits, hotel serve as the link between backroom politics and official announcements. it's the point between private conversations and will to face to like a discrete unofficial pot to the un. ah, the most momentous, international conference of the post war era, turned the eyes of the world a summer door, the tranquil, swift, capital of geneva, the gleaming palace of nations big for america, england, france, and russia, met to seek an end to a decade of cold war heading the soviet delegation were bri miracle, gannon and communist party chief cruise jeff displaying russia's plan, policy of friendship. bruce, jeff called bogan and back for camera. men, though nominally outranked by the premier bruce just appeared very much. the boss, president eisenhower, accompanied by secretary of state dollars over to exchange complete military

information with the russians in a dramatic personal appeal. but the plan was rejected. bible gannon and the president's war time friend general zak. all that left britain's aiden and french premier for support of the daring american proposal. who was in this whole of the united nations that the so called big full met. he was also here the geneva conference in 1954. was it a new chapter was set in motion for viet nam, and it's where the geneva courts on afghanistan was signed in 1988 the palace of nations in cni the house is the european headquarters at the un. how does the history of the united nations overlap with the hotel bo revise?

hotel owners, jack my. i wanted to know more about the us 1st lady eleanor roosevelt stay in his family's hotel. he has an appointment with the head archivist of the united nations library. i committed to providing the caching officer to new york. it was the committee to prepare the declaration of human rights in the 1st met exclusively in new york. on this then in december 1947, the committee came to geneva to approve the text with eleanor roosevelt as its chairperson to duke of evans. it fixed. okay. that's right. that went to the sir. we have the photographs that shows eleanor roosevelt and that the holding the universal declaration of human rights and was bent on every secret. santa dick, i assume kiska. he chose her, his chair, puffy, don't allow requests, you know,

i to mine, ah, you as president harry truman asked her to help formulate the declaration of human rights and they, of and some of the mel delegates were not pleased at 1st. these are totally gave us this on to my wife that because she was a woman. she was an activist. right? ma'am. all who? yes, is room equal or it was there were many different committees. swallows u. s. president harry truman gave her a job on a committee, dealing with social issues. it could put it, it was more of a representative job, a token gesture, in that the name on the husband also tell me what, gosh, hoya. it was a history. we were not under could did. is it a cecilia law? it's affected of you cause about with the influx of refugees after world war 2, social issues suddenly became pressing a modern look and appear and appeared less on all of you guys, men. okay. eleanor roosevelt took on the task with a lot of terrific monkey them when you fed, and she was appointed the chair of the commission on human rights. so i'd love to

clean again as marana. liquor. some movers you can get it. luckily on the some commission members complained about the pace, but she was determined to finish within the given time that he did renew it all. so for the last time it isn't on it, don't look at it. if it's money and, and it did, he gave one delegate, i think from indonesia complained. he said human rights are not respected by the commission on human rights. because she made the delegates work until 7 pm. and with you on some of her, i'd like to know what happened at the boulevard back then because she stayed there whenever she visited immersion groups. surely there were private meetings in the hotels then as there are now to learn is a think. mm hm. and often if i can look, which was a yes, a lot happens at these informal meetings, written this suite at the barrage is the

perfect place for such private or even secret meetings. guests can have their choice of several spacious rooms. but what happens when state guests arrive at the hotel who don't quite fit in with other top officials, and the protection of confidentiality is potentially compromised. that's where tact is crucial. debra sherwood acres on the la sal professional is a few years ago. i received the former secretary general of the united nations, kofi, anonymous of your in did, i guess, had the same time, we had a delegation here from a country that was not necessarily supposed to be directly associated with the secretary general at hall. i shante. hi. so the united nations protocol asked me to let the secretary general in through the back entrance. i read them on jeffrey, soft uletha, p. hoosier. of course i had the red carpet rolled out between the dumpsters. as i

said to him, i'm sorry to receive you amid the dumpsters, but he just said, don't worry. it happens all the time in new york. preposterous. ceaseless request, while new york is about 12000 you in meetings are held each year in geneva mentioned what that means in terms of the number of guests to the city the you in place? an important economic role for geneva, as ever discretion says hoteliers jack, my is essential. beside the palace of nations is apart. it's close to the public for security reasons. the so called cuts your net soon with its many international organizations, forms the city within the city. generated of new vienna on this, you know, the bottom of silva,

coolness was his geneva became an international city in 1920 with the establishment of the league of nations. oh, a new train station and airport were belt to this various institutions and non governmental organizations emerged, such as pacifist or feminist associations at which to day form their own international ecosystem. the populace moved into it sometimes like the people here are living on 2 different planets. within one city goodies, but in recent years and more effort has been made to integrate these organizations into the daily life of geneva, moore and to gray is of in this, went on as an end on it. he couldn't. the united nations employs around 10000 people in geneva, but at, in the videos and international organizations, and that number increases at least 3 fault. the hotels naturally benefit from this dynamic. in the cos, most of international politics and secret meetings, journalists prefer to meet their sources in hotels that are known for their

discretion. they a safe places how depressed will be us? is one such journalist born in york, she's an investigative reporter, covering environmental issues, corruption and money laundering. she reports the scene in and out 0 among other publications. the international fame of geneva comes from i guess 2 elements that are sometimes in opposition with each other. on the one hand, you have of course, the u. n. the world health organization, the international labor association, the international red cross of course that spaced here. on the other hand, them you have the banking sector, which is also very well known internationally. the problem is right

now with the stories of money laundering and corruption, ah, that have been linked so closely to the banking sector. here they have brought the lime lights international limelight to themselves. unwillingly such scandals have damage to neighbors. reputation, can the city's good name be restored? i think geneva is really ah, trying to surpass some of the negative aspects of this image that projects internationally. there's a certain hope that's with this new international exchange of data and in what

concerns the banking sector, that any of us so well known for that all these stories that have sullied its past will pass. i think it's trying as much as possible to maintain geneva as an international center of negotiation of humanitarian issues. so that is where the hope lies that all that these bricks concert of latch together. and that that would be how people see geneva in the future. for decades, geneva has attracted not only into pricing reporters and serious journalists, but also paparazzi from all over the world

important meetings taking place under the roof of the boulevard all the time. for hoteliers jack, maya, it's all about shielding and protecting all simultaneously remaining, absolutely invisible. when it comes to navigating political interests, financial ties and image problems, meyer is a seasoned expert clerk, older producer, though the hosted little more, the role of a hood to ye is to remain totally neutral. and we are, after all, in a political environment that is neutral, going to mix it on to produce a law. but as far as the economy is concerned, it's different. we defend in open geneva genevas. i can also play a social role to do this. it needs prosperity, obviously not at all costs, but the city needs to be prosperous, prosper the blue vash has also seen hard times.

at the outbreak of the 2nd world war, the swiss hotel plunged into crisis. visitors stayed away. the pages that the guest book remained blank. clusters at their big it is already in switzerland was an isolated country. wedged between the blocks of the north and the south, the east and the west. not progressing. it was on the border of the free zone. so people stopped visiting or from la proposal and the boulevard, like most hotels, closed down for me. private film footage from august and september 19th as she 9 shows, trips in paris and normandy, the start of world war 2. the camera also captured late. geneva seemingly untouched by the war,

but the swiss were not truly unscathed. it is literally that was a very difficult time with my parents aunts, uncles, my grandparents lived outside the city and only occasionally came to era. the hotel opened the windows and check for any flooding has shown it, so didn't the hilt. of course, it was the time that shaped my parents and grandparents m mia paiute. what after that, a new generation came with emma businesses reopened, and many new tourists came to discover geneva levies, i think was what they wanted a new life, a different life. we've heard. so geneva picked up quickly after the war in my house. you have the more could i go?

says your opinion unusual. i spent all my thursdays in this place when i was a teenager because my father received the wind deliveries on thursdays winds from bergen ya or bordeaux. i used to help him open the crates. it said we tell you to my job was to use a ruler and make sure that the bottles were aligned perfectly does not even a 2 millimeter difference was allowed to be met. the decor hoshal to him with a lot. my father didn't allow the wine cellar manager to help himself directly from the wine racks soccer louis earlier tories. if so, they come in. the fuser shack cause year it, it keep picking a ticket surety can track had a card with the name of the wine, the origin, the vintage, the quantity, and the purchase price, t o hill. gov of what he wrote, the purchase price backwards so that nobody else knew what he paid for them to

connect with him. when i asked him to maintain an overview, he attached these cards. mm hm. like i spent my childhood cutting them out, which he then placed on the rack engine or force at the computer. it won't do the whole cattle good. we met our place, your because you, he was us in there are the most valuable bottles. what is that one? i mean, do you mean amazon e from 79? lou sundays enough. sundays left. a lot of them from 1979. i can that with day she said, what beautiful bottles do you know the oldest bottle we have taken was of all no missile. it's not a wine but a con. yeah. said laughing champagne, a cognac d from 1820 lazoodo pulliam just missed that one. we still have a few bottles of it. my parents bought it at an auction a long time ago till dawn. la garza sig installed the good winds,

come with a long history that the previous head sommelier or even his predecessor contributed towards its like a temple of wine. the bottles lie here with their dust and history law. the work of a sommelier is to continue the history, which goes hand in hand with that of the hotel ape southfield urea. lea started a gap halley still out of de la mitchell. no good. i bring my knowledge and the winds that i like or discover. but i will always respect the tradition of the bordeaux and bargain your wines at bowling vonage. surely, la d still out a little do i hope these bottles will always remain here for the sake of legacy and future so many years. it's as a poor, the future, somebody hi, this, you know,

i just, oh this with ah, even in establishment is carefully managed to stable rivers. there are some things that a hotel owner simply cannot control or prevent like what happened here just over 30 years ago. ah, this yemen journalist played a prominent role in the series of events. in october 1987, he discovered the former state premier of slash mc holstein. movable shall dead in

the bath, tom sebastian canal photographed him. the image appeared in the magazine. sten provoking something of the scandal and gemini was who voss is the truth or lucy john all to interview. so the bo revised as an ideal place for interviews as follows. nissan shoots us, even if the hotels management doesn't always appreciate the political interviews are conducted on their premises on to the good utmost feel a history. and you can create a good atmosphere, especially in luxury hotels, where the guest feels comfortable and can open up a business, a hoses food so how did the scandal happen? ah, sebastian, now i had traveled from handle to geneva in the hope of conducting an interview with the former jim est premier if a partial had been accused of organizing

a smear campaign against a political opponent, the journalist was hoping to me. asher in the bomb. oh, national didn't appear. so the journalist entities room the next day without commission. so the hall dunker, the logon on summer shoe autism floor was dimly led to woods and that there was a single shoe in the hallway under us. there was a corridor that led to the bearings, and there were other things lying about and saw such as pajamas as some sweets of there's lot booked by john posada lamar surprisingly enough, open to a certain story that deals with suicide and this was all along the documents i was interested in were lying there on as if prepared for a journalist visit and t. it's how i would use it until i wasn't sure how i should document them. so my, so i took the papers to my photographer, little blurbs 1000 austin had told him to wait outside the room. and let me know when mister basha returns mused in. he was supposed to keep

a lookout and warned me by my oscar. you know, some, some on my way out, i knocked on the bathroom door of the, to the infinite. i opened the door and saw in the bathroom mirror. there was a lifeless body in the bath. tulsa and leaped was covered under licked w claw. here soon was gonna call it was clear to me then that something terrible it happened. and bit of a stan reporter found partial dead in his bathroom. he to go to bassetti estimate early reports suspect the politician shot himself voting for no book. the journalist found him in the bath tub and his head above the water, apart from his shoes or a basho was fully clothed. sir shauntay, catherine rossetto, ear, sunday shows, gary of come on. that was 1987. and these things can happen. they can happen anywhere, any time, all in that horse is just our role is to deal with this as a public place where children are born. a place full of life for people are born

here married here, and they die here. all see money that's life. and a hotel is about life and returns sylvie. following the gym and politicians, death journalists and photographers camped up for weeks in front of the hotel entrance. inside the boat with us swiss and gem and criminal investigators tried to determine whether was suicide and murder, o a natural death. how did the hotel deal with the aftermath? with signature discretion? the room number 317 simply no longer exists. so russia, there we go. to menus with frogs ravioli, salmon lobster, sol fargo, and 2 orders of venison. joy.

domenico t is the head chef a 2 rivers. like his predecessor, he has a mission star. the restaurant lou shibel tay opened 50 years ago to the outside world before then it was exclusively for the hotel guests to products. come from the lake and the mountains, both seasonal and regional and is that really the full is your them cooperate? is it when they go, when you're young, you chase after the stars point here, the michelle and star city, but that's just incredible for a chef into the portal to be famous, genius and jill. but as you get older,

you realize that the most important thing is to please your guest tracy, to be attentive on killing the fair on. if you prioritize the customer, looking at the stars will follow on their own was a bit of bottled. did you learned that at the age of 50 cisco level, i'd be taken to for my interpreter at calia or me, a table has to feel friendly. that's important to her on that to learn to that other. it has to look beautiful and inviting to us as rice. you should feel at home to choose. you wanted a table sat like this. invite you to sit down and have a meal. sit ardini appetizer for 2 for the career

frog legs in baton. deep fry to sift with garlic milk, firm, speech sauce, and fresh basil. it's a classic dish. here. sa city. when we sell black, these are the frogs who has a dish. i developed a good 15 years ago. i like yeah. it's on the menu every day. you the feel really you many guests come for the frogs? similar are the burgers ready? yet? we even have fast food in a hotel. you have to do it all the by revenge opened more than a 150 years ago. how does it preserve tradition? it's still keep up with the times on the nationals,

the orange county versus she then in the we're fortunate to have a very loyal clientele who have been coming here for many years as a seal system older than in the level. of course, we strive to take care of these customers as well as their children for or even grandchildren, for he want things done differently and all have differing demands in the family. and it's on us to adapt to this. sanusi the in the said desa the hotel manager de florist the head of reception. they all share the same philosophy. this house has a sole because they give it one. shanella shaw, see papa, them, she'll godly leave out a formal each generation has its own way of expressing itself, even if we all maintain the same fundamental values. my father, for example, was a man who enjoyed good food. he opened the house to gastronomy and to a modern world, which was

a world of businessmen don't sit one year due to his imperial dirt. when he took over the bully of ash he catered to a new generation that came to geneva for conferences and seminars. that had nothing to do with the fine society of the bell epoch. what a celebrity on the world the crew is going to put it up. and i also had to further develop the house. if you do filming shows on the more geneva connects with the world the more and secures its future soccer. that's obvious for her she has one of so how will the coming generations, the 5th of the 6th change things, 40 years from now remember, that's what i'd like to know like embassy. jim jimenez, sean dahl counsel some of the some sour with boulevard. each generation has had a hand in writing the hotels history from be politics to celebrity encounters the owners, have navigated every twist and turn with signature swiss discretion and they're

ready to great. what chapter comes next? room ah ah ah kick off a pulse ah, the beginning of the story that moves us and takes us along for the ride. it's all about the perspective.

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