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Geneva Conference

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ257058 ↗
Source-derived summary

Geneva Conference may refer to:

Geneva peace talks on Syria (2017)

Geneva peace talks on Syria (2016)

Geneva II Conference on Syria (2014)

Geneva I Conference on Syria (2012)

Agreed Framework (1994, Geneva), between North Korea and the U.S.

Geneva Peace Conference (1991), on Iraq and Kuwait

The first world climate conference in 1979 establishing e.g. the IPCC

Geneva Conference (1976), on Rhodesia

Geneva Conference (1973), on the Arab–Israeli conflict

International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (1955, Geneva, which led to the IAEA becoming established)

1954 Geneva Conference, on Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia)

Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, a.k.a.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Geneva Conference” as wikimedia disambiguation page. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017, 2016, 2014, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Geneva, Conference and Wikimedia can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as wikimedia disambiguation page. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q257058. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2017, 2016, 2014 and 2012.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Geneva Conference”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Geneva Conference primary sources, Geneva Conference archive and Geneva research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
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This entry incorporates text from “Geneva Conference” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.