Talk:United Nations headquarters
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[edit] Request
We need more info! Does anyone have a map or know a whole lot about the interior of the building?
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- It would be cool if we could use some satelite imagery.
[edit] International territory
Imagine a person that wants to get to the UN headquarters (to hold a speech or something else). To get there the person would have to be on US territory first (for example on the way JFK airport - UN headquarters), thus he or she could be prosecuted by US law.
Is there a way to come to the UN HQs without going through national ground first? I.e. is there a helicopter landing place or something else that would allow someone to come from his or her country and go directly to the HQs via international ways? Thanks, --Abdull 10:28, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Probably not. Even if the answer is yes, that way is probably closed to the public.--Jusjih 00:16, 3 March 2006 (UTC)- Correction, one has to pass American immigration and customs inspection before reaching the UN HQ, so forget your thought. Even foreign diplomats have to show their proper passports and visas to pass American inspection. Diplomatic immunity is not unlimited.--Jusjih 00:33, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] UN staff does NOT have diplomatic immunity
The article has a lot of wrong information regarding diplomatic immunity. UN staff members do not have diplomatic immunity. For starters, there are more Americans working at the UN than any other nationality, and you cannot have diplomatic immunity in your own home country. Foreign UN staff have a G-4 visa (International organization officer or employee, and members of immediate family), which not only doesn't grant any immunity, but its also very restrictive. The only people working at the UN itself with diplomatic immunity are political appointees such as heads of major organizations (UNICEF, UNESCO, UNDP) and chiefs of the handful of existing major independent programmes, all of which are temporary positions, and none of them are UN staff. In the case of the Oil-for-food programme fiasco, only one person involved - Alexander Yakovlevhad - had to have his diplomatic immunity revoked in order to be prosecuted.
The case regarding the parking tickets back in the mid-90s was not related to UN employees, although it was reported as such by the media at the time. The people who were involved were those working for local consulates and their countries' missions to the UN. They are not UN employees, and do not work at the UN, although a lot of these missions and consulates are located within the same neighbrohood. Foreign representatives of their countries' governments are the ones with diplomatic plates on their vehicles.
And for the record, I've been working at the UN for nearly 20 years, have a G-4 visa, no longer own a car but when I did it had NYS plates, had two speeding tickets and five parking ones and had to pay every one of them, recently had to pay a $150 dollar ticketd for crossing a red light on my bicycle, and have been arrested for disorderly conduct (a fight broke out at a bar where I was having a drink, and as I forced mine and my date's way out of there, the police came in and arrested anyone who looked like they'd been in a fight).
[edit] Architecture
This article needs material on the architecture and architects of the Headquarters buildings.
[edit] Proposed alternative of UN HQ
I read in National Geographic's September 1961 special UN edition that one of the alternatives for UN HQ is a travelling cruise ship moving regularly among member states. The article just stated it as a passing remark and I don't have other clues for the source/reference. Could somebody with a background on this matter verify this?
- This sounds interesting, but I cannot verify this.--Jusjih 00:18, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
