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This photograph shows the original entrance to the Palais des Nations

as seen through the legs of Broken Chair, three intact and one seriously damaged.

The following is an excerpt from the web pages of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (www.icbl.org) explains:

In September, 1997, Handicap International unveiled the "Broken Chair", a 12 meter high wooden sculpture made by Swiss artist Daniel Berset, in support of the global movement to eradicate landmines. The Broken Chair stands outside the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, as a daily reminder of the governments' commitment to fully universalize and adhere to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, including providing assistance to landmine victims and clearance of mine-affected land.

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