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The article reports on the developments during the meeting of the League of Nations held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1931. Among the developments during the opening of the meeting include the proposed world anti-dumping convention by Russia, as well as the move by Austria and Germany to present their economic Anschluss scheme to the World Court for decision. Russia's plan was pursued by foreign minister Maxim Litvinoff.

The article discusses the highlights of the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy held in August 1955 in Geneva, Switzerland. It explains that the conference includes an exhibition of atomic technologies from participating countries. The most popular item on exhibit was the atomic reactor built by the U.S. government for the conference and it has been sold to Switzerland, which will posses it after the conference. It also presents information on the exhibitions from other countries such as the Soviet Union and Great Britain.

The article reports on the shipment of finishing pieces of official and unofficial U.S. exhibits for the first International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy which will be held at Geneva, Switzerland from August 8 to 20, 1955. Some items on the U.S. displays include plans and models of numerous atomic devices and full-scale reactor. It is expected that the Geneva event will open opportunities for international trade in nonmilitary atomic equipment.

The article offers information on the conference of the Teheran, Iran, Yalta, Ukraine, Potsdam, Germany, and Versailles, France governments to be held on July 18, 1955 in Geneva, Switzerland. The event will feature Harold Kissick, U.S. veteran foreign service officer, and his deputy, Richard S. Wheeler. Moreover, participants will tackle world peace.

The article reports on the plan of steel industry executive Henry Kaiser to lease the facilities of Geneva Steel Co. for a five-year period. He announced that he was preparing a syndicate of western financial and industrial interests to be referred to as the "Kaiser Syndicate." Kaiser suggested that the rental be fixed on a per-ton basis, the exact figure to be set on the basis of a facility valuation being determined by the consultants of Reconstruction Finance Corp. He vowed that his syndicate would run Geneva to the fullest possible extent.

The article presents an outlook for the Kennedy Round, a session of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) trade negotiations being held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1966. The trade negotiations face several challenges, including the growing sense of economic nationalism. Demands and threats were exchange between the world's major trading nations, including the U.S., Great Britain, and Japan.

The article offers an outlook on international politics and economy in 1967. It states that France's President Charles de Gaulle will attempt to hinder talks on Great Britain's bid to join the Common Market. It says that delegations to the Kenney Round will pass revised tariff plans to the Trade Negotiating Committee of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in May. It adds that in October or November, ministers of GATT will try to make goals for the following years.

The article discusses a new tariff system being developed between the U.S. and several nations as of May 1954. It states that since 1947, the U.S. has been working out trade agreements with nations that signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in Geneva, Switzerland. What GATT nations agree to is the division of imports into categories, with tariffs being modified as needed. The new proposal aims to modify the GATT to grant the U.S. president greater control over tariff rates, increase trade and reduce protection of U.S. industries.

The article reports that the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) will disclose four methods in building a fusion reactor, in a conference in Geneva, Switzerland in the fall of 1959. Project Sherwood revealed in January 1958 that they attempted to heat and compress a gas called deuterium. It cites the fusion reactor methods such as stellarators, mirror machine, the luce ignition system, and a method tapping the heat from small hydrogen bombs.