Gallery: Striking Photos of the Rooms Where VIPs Shape History

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    FIFA - Executive Committee Zurich 2013 *[Click full-size to feel the full gravitas of these important places](http://stag4.wired.com/2014/04/striking-photographs-of-the-worlds-most-important-places/#slide-id-767951:full)*
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    UN Security Council - New York 2008
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    UN Room XXIV - Geneva 2013
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    PCF French Communist Party - Paris 2010
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    Consiglio Regione Lombardia - Milan 2013
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    CGT General Labour Confederation - Paris 2010
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    The New School - New York 2008
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    Federal Parliament Building - National Assembly Bern 2013
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    UN General Assembly - New York 2008
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    UN Trusteeship Council - New York 2008
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    UN Room XIX - Geneva 2013
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    Library at the Institute of Law - Zurich 2013
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    FIFA Prayer Room - Zurich 2013
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