| The United
Nations Headquarters are located on international grounds along
First Avenue, on the banks of the East River. If you want to see the
United Nations Headquarters, you can get on a guided tour (the only
way to see the conference rooms). When I went on Oct 10, 1998, there
weren't any councils in session, so we were able to see all the conference
rooms: the Security Council (picture below), the Economic and Social
Council, the Trusteeship Council (suspended operation Nov 1, 1994)
and the General Assembly (picture below). The fifth of the Councils,
the International Court of Justice is not located in New York, but
in the Netherlands (Vredespaleis, The Hague). The tall building you
can see on the right, is where the Secretariat is housed. |
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The Security Council. It consists of 15 members. 5
permanent members and 10 elected by the General Assembly for two-year
terms. |
| General Assembly Hall. The General Assembly is the
only Council where all member nations are present. |
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