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| | UN-NGLS Publications: NGLS Handbook |
 | | This UN organ, made up of the five permanent members of the Security Council, was established to ensure that governments responsible for administering Trust Territories take adequate steps to prepare the territories for self-government or independence. | | | In 1994, the Security Council terminated the UN Trusteeship Agreement for the last of the original 11 trusteeships, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau), administered by the United States. | | | The Charter of the United Nations, drawn up and adopted in 1945 at the end of World War II, established six principal organs of the UN: the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. |
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| | ASIL Electronic Resource Guide |
| | The UN Charter, Universal Declarations of Human Rights, Statute of the International Court of Justice, and various treaties and conventions are among the founding documents of the United Nations. | | | This database provides for bibliographic searching of the Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöd Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva, and non-UN publications held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. | | | Founded in 1946 to replace the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ), it is the principal judicial body of the United Nations. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports US names hawk as ambassador to UN |
| | Their Washington colleagues dreaded dealing with him, because of his sometimes blustering manner and his vigorous opposition to international conventions Britain supports, such as the international criminal court, the comprehensive test ban treaty and the anti-ballistic missile ban. | | | Mr Bolton's nomination, which is likely to be the subject of a bitter confirmation fight in the Senate, is potentially bad news for British diplomats at the UN. | | | John Bolton, the nominee and a former undersecretary of state for arms control, has built a reputation for public disdain for international treaties and organisations, including the UN. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1432701,00.html
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| | Homosexual Activism Pits Third World and Vatican Against UN Secretariat, Canada and EU |
| | He was unpleasantly surprised that the UN Secretariat had gone ahead and implemented the decision autocratically. | | | He said, "domestic partnerships are being equated with a family," which is "in conflict with the understanding of the family in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its implementing conventions." The provision, he said, "in essence, constituted progressive development of international law, which would best be discussed in an open-ended debate between Member States, | | | In a rare address to this particular committee, the Vatican added its voice to the concerns and warned that the UN provision "in essence, constituted progressive development of international law." |
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| | UN Dispatch |
| | U.N. Puts Children in Forefront of AIDS Effort | | | Senior UN Envoy Discusses Upcoming National Elections With Iraqi President | | | In fact, most of the preparatory work was done at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. during the fall of 1944..." |
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| | Welcome to the United States Mission to the United Nations |
| | Letters sent by Ambassador Bolton to UN Member States conveying U.S. amendments to the draft Outcome Document being prepared for the High Level Event on: | | | Challenges and Opportunities in Moving Ahead on UN Reform - Testimony by Ambassador Bolton Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | | | Statement by Ambassador Bolton on the Supplemental Report of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for Food Program |
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| | UN World Conference Against Racism -- Durban, South Africa -- August 31 - Sept 7 2001 |
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| | Kofi Annan - Center of the Storm. Who Does What? Secretariat PBS |
| | At the top of this huge staff (about 8,900 people) is the Secretary-General, who is appointed by the General Assembly on the Security Council's recommendation for a five-year renewable term. | | | In 1975, after Portugal withdrew from East Timor, the island was invaded by Indonesia. | | | Finally, on May 20, 2002 East Timor gained independence and shortly thereafter became a member of the UN. |
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| | A/RES/50/240. Reform of the internal system of justice in the United Nations Secretariat |
| | Requests the Fifth Committee, in the light of the above, to revert to the question of the reform of the internal system of justice in the United Nations Secretariat during the main part of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. | | | Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the reform of the internal system of justice in the United Nations Secretariat and the observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions thereon; 2. | | | Reform of the internal system of justice in the United Nations Secretariat |
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| | United Nations Programme |
| | Comba explained that a separate secretariat could be established only through a convention or a treaty. | | | This would help the Forum to fulfill its broad mandate. | | | Chair, the establishment of the separate secretariat is the discretion of the Secretary General. |
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| | UN Secretariat |
| | The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat. | | | The Secretariat employs more than 8,600 individuals who work for the United Nations alone, not for the government of any nation. | | | The Secretariat carries out the day-to-day work of the United Nations. |
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http://www.peacewomen.org/un/sec/sec.html
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| | D@dalos - Bodies of the UN: Secretariat and Secretary-General |
| | It consists of the Secretary-General, who is elected on the recommendation of the Security Council by the General Assembly ffor a five year renewable period, and a hierarchically structured administrative apparatus consisting of branches or divisions (offices) and departments (main sections). | | | The Secretariat and Secretary-General of the United Nations | | | Whereas the other principal organs of the United Nations - with the exception of the International Court of Justice - are made up of the governments of the member states who are bound by instruction, the UN’s own workforce is employed in the Secretariat. |
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| | www.mineweb.net sections energy The UN's vanishing billions |
| | The blame falls squarely on the OIP, Iraq sanctions committee, UN Secretariat, and Security Council which were evidently apprised of sanctions busting, but did little to stop it. | | | The institution is not beholden to voters or shareholders, only to a Secretariat with a make-work, lopsided worldview. | | | It became a free-for-all where the UN was approving patently dubious grants that had nothing to do with its humanitarian mission, including grants to the national Sports Ministry that was bossed by Saddam's thug son, Uday. |
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http://www.mineweb.net/sections/energy/billions.htm
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| | Secretariat (from United Nations) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The secretary-general, the principal administrative officer of the United Nations, is elected for a five-year renewable term by a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly and by the recommendation of the Security Council and the approval of its permanent members. | | | More from Britannica on "Secretariat (from United Nations)"... | | | The United Nations (UN) is an international association of independent states that was founded by the victorious nations of World War II to keep the peace their efforts had won. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=12408&ref=news0405arc
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| | UN Secretariat - Wikipedia |
| | The Secretary General may bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter that, in his or her opinion, may threaten international peace and security. | | | The United Nations Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General, assisted by a staff of international civil servants worldwide. | | | The Secretary General alone is responsible for staff selection. |
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http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Secretariat
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| | UN Secretariat Replies to NGO Concerns over Global Compact - Global Policy Forum - NGOs |
| | It requested that the UN apply the Compact’s principles in its procurement decisions, and that this idea be debated in the Advisory Council. | | | On June 3, UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette replied to the heads of four civil society organisations who had authored the letter, expressing optimism on all issues. | | | The letter asked also that the Compact be more specific about what constitutes a breach of its principles, and that the language used to address this issue be made more precise. |
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http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/business/2003/0626secret.htm
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| | Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations |
| | The ceremony was held at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, where Ambassador Shinichi Kitaoka, Japan ’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, presented the digitized documents on CDs to Mr. | | | The documents being deposited today are the result of several years of dedicated work on the part of this unit, called the “UN Documentation Unit”. | | | At a hand-over ceremony on Wednesday, 13 July 2005, the Government of Japan donated more than 30,000 digitized documents to the United Nations. |
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| | DRAFT DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION |
| | This process was understood as an exercise in adding proposals to the secretariat's draft and was not a negotiation. | | | This document reflects the various proposals made by delegations at the two working groups. | | | The presence of brackets around some parts of the text may indicate issues of particular concern, but the absence of brackets does not indicate consensus or approval. |
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| | Last year, "UN 2000" was spelt out in lights on the building to usher in the new millennium. | | | After the millennium summit in September, when thousands of city police and other officials were mobilised for the biggest gathering of heads of state in history, the lights were used to say "Thank You, New York." | | | The image will be reproduced on a special stamp which the UN postal service intends to issue early next year, as well as on promotional materials. |
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http://www.aegis.com/news/afp/2001/AF0106C3.html
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| | Resources |
| | These levels are represented by the row "other". | | | Also note that the position of DSG did not exist in 1996. | | | We have left out some of the data in the original UN tables, showing the lower grades of P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4 and P-5. |
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| | EUROVOC - UN Secretariat |
| | OFFICIAL JOURNAL NO. C 315, 05/12/91 P. Question No 25 by Mrs DURY (H-1182/91) to European Political Cooperation: Appointment of the new UN Secretary- General | | | Community response to the UN Secretary-General' s claim that the United Nations should have its own battalions | | | OFFICIAL JOURNAL NO. C 234, 22/08/94 P. WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1967/93 by Ernest GLINNE to the European Political Cooperation. |
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| | International Relations LINKS: Diplomacy and World Affairs - Occidental College |
| | From 1992-1998 OCHA has been designated to act as the leader in | | | OCHA is part of the United Nations Secretariat. | | | In 1998, as part of the Secretary General's reform programme, the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs was renamed the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. |
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http://www.oxy.edu/departments/dwa/201/atlas/ocha/ocha.html
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| | Limited Publication Policy of the UN Secretariat |
| | Under Article 102 of the Charter and the Regulations, the Secretariat is responsible for the registration and publication of treaties. | | | Under Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations every treaty and every international agreement entered into by a Member of the United Nations after the coming into force of the Charter must be registered with the Secretariat and published by it. | | | The obligation to register rests on the Member State and the purpose of Article 102 of the Charter is to give publicity to all treaties and international agreements subject to registration. |
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| | UN SECRETARIAT RESTRUCTURING JEOPARDISING ITC. |
| | Boutros-Ghali would appear to have decided that in line with his secretariat restructuring exercise, the post of the head of the ITC, Executive Director, should be downgraded and the new candidate, selected by the GATT and UNCTAD, should be given only a one-year tenure as for other senior UN posts. | | | But the Boutros-Ghali's thinking and decision has apparently been conveyed to the GATT Director-General who, at a meeting in New York in March, apparently failed to change his mind. | | | The recommendation went to then Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar who passed on the responsibility to his successor who has now decided to downgrade the post and offer only a one-year tenure. |
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http://www.sunsonline.org/trade/process/during/uruguay/other/04090092.htm
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| | Inside the United Nations Secretariat - Advice for Jobs Overseas from Monster.com |
| | And if you have a law background, the Secretariat has a legal division that employs lawyers from a variety of countries. | | | As is the case with many jobs in the Secretariat, jobs are often filled through word of mouth. | | | The United Nations was established on October 24, 1945, by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. |
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http://workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/un
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| | UN Panel of External Auditors |
| | Prepared by the Secretariat of the United Nations Board of Auditors | | | The United Nations provides the Board of Auditors with a full-time secretariat headed by an Executive Secretary who provides technical, administrative, and secretarial support to the Board of Auditors, its Audit Operations Committee, and the Panel of External Auditors. | | | The Executive Secretary also advises the members of the Board and the Audit Operations Committee on administrative and financial practices and procedures in the United Nations organizations. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Secretariat, United Nations, UN (United Nations) - Encyclopedia |
| | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > United Nations > Secretariat, United Nations | | | AllRefer.com - Secretariat, United Nations, UN (United Nations) - Encyclopedia | | | More articles from AllRefer Reference on Secretariat, United Nations |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/X/X-Secretrt-UN.html
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| | UN Agencies CURRENTLY FRESHWATER ISSUES |
| | The UN/DESA is acting secretariat during the negotiations and for linked sessions arranged by the UN secretariat. | | | Non-Navigational Uses of International Water Courses has been subject to deliberations in the International Law Commission of UN 1970-1997 and an International Convention of the Law on Non-Navigational Uses of International Water Courses was accepted by the UN General Assembly in April 1997 (UN-document A/51/869). | | | UNESCO is also an active member of the board of governors for the World Water Council and the host organisation for the secretariat of the World Water Vision. |
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http://www.unesco.org/science/waterday2000/UN_Synopsis_french.HTM
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| | Canada Pledges $1.8 Million to Support UN Secretariat for the Convention on Biodiversity in Montreal |
| | Canada was one of the first countries to ratify the Convention. | | | Maria Minna, Canada's Minister for International Cooperation, today announced that Canada will renew its support for the United Nations Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal. | | | The Secretariat will play an important role in helping Parties to the Convention prepare for this meeting. |
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http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nsf/vLookupNewsEn/FCCDE86DC3BD4D08852569E6001AFC68?OpenDocument
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| | The Management of the Resident Coordinator System |
| | UNDP renovated an office adjacent to the Resident Coordinator’s office. | | | In addition, the role of the UN System to support Governments with compliance to such reporting requirements would also be a useful support service from headquarters’. | | | December: visit of FICSA Secretary General, Mr Durao |
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| | Secretartiat-UN-Government Publications Library Guide-Mills Library |
| | The Secretariat, as the civil service of the United Nations, provides administrative assistance to the main organs of the United Nations and the subsidiary bodies. | | | It is headed by the Secretary-General, whose report appears as Supplement No. 1 to the Official Records of the General Assembly. |
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| | Secretariat |
| | The duties carried out by the Secretariat are as varied as the problems dealt with by the United Nations. | | | As international civil servants, staff members and the Secretary-General answer to the United Nations alone for their activities, and take an oath not to seek or receive instructions from any Government or outside authority. | | | Secretariat staff also inform the world's communications media about the work of the United Nations; organize international conferences on issues of worldwide concern; and interpret speeches and translate documents into the Organization's official languages. |
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| | Departments of the UN Secretariat |
| | - Secretariat of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | | | Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests | | | - Secretariat of the United Nations Board of Auditors and Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency |
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| | United Nations HQ, New York City |
| | The whole area was converted into international territory and officially does not belong to the United States. | | | The conference building behind the Secretariat and General assembly buildings houses the security Council and the Economic and Social Council. | | | This site was then used to build the UN's headquarters. |
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| | ECA to serve as Secretariat of UN-Energy/Africa |
| | ECA has been elected the Secretariat of the newly established UN-Energy/Africa at an inter-agency meeting attended by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN-Habitat. | | | In order to promote coherence in the UN system, UN-Energy/Africa is mandated to act as a gateway for sharing information, knowledge, experiences and good practices. | | | In order to promote coherence in the UN system, UN-Energy/Africa is mandated to act as a gateway for sharing information, knowledge, experiences and good pratices. |
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http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/news/ECA_secretariat_to_un_energy.htm
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| | UN Office of Legal Affairs |
| | Secretariat of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT) | | | The activities of OLA are governed by a number of General Assembly resolutions, a Secretary-General's bulletin, the medium-term plan, and the programme budget. |
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| | United Nations: Johannesburg Summit 2002 |
| | The first meeting of the Summit Preparatory Committee was held from 30 April - 2 May 2001 at the UN Headquarters in New York. | | | Draft report of the Commission acting as the preparatory committee for the Summit on its organizations session | | | Note by the Secretariat on the status of documentation for the session |
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| | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| | UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery President Bill Clinton | | | It will be presented in the Second Committee of the General Assembly, New York, tentatively scheduled for 2-3 November. | | | The UN Secretary General's Report on the Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (A/60/180) for the 60th session of the UN General Assembly, 2005, is released in six languages. |
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| | UN Secretariat to open first office in China |
| | BEIJING, Nov 21 (AFP) - The United Nations said early Friday its Secretariat would open its first office in China later this month. | | | UN Secretariat to open first office in China | | | The Secretariat is the hands-on manager of the UN and oversees the day-to-day work of the world body's various departments and agencies. |
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| | News Review Special Edition: International Developments, October 1 - November 15, 2002 - UN Secretariat Proposes ... |
| | Operating as a permanent secretariat of CASA, the SAAS will optimise the mechanism's performance as both an interagency coordinating body and a service provider to member states and the general public. | | | The statement, delivered by Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou of Cameroon, noted: "The Security Council recognizes the important role that the United Nations Coordinating Action on Small Arms mechanism can play in assisting member states with the implementation of the Programme of Action. | | | The main purpose of this unit is to enhance the effectiveness of the Coordinating Action on Small Arms (CASA) mechanism, and thereby to enhance the UN's ability to assist member states in the implementation of the Programme of Action. |
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| | UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
| | Review of the Management, Administration and Activities of the Secretariat of the UNCCD. | | | UN news - Meeting on desertification encourages best practices. | | | The seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 17 to 28 October 2005. |
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| | Horse racing |
| | This year is the 30th anniversary of Secretariat's triple crown. | | | Experience all the best three year olds racing has to offer in this year's Triple Crown action. | | | Maybe this is the year the next Secretariat comes along; well maybe there will never be another Secretariat. |
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| | Bush Gives the UN the Finger |
| | On December 2, after John Danforth resigned as Bush's UN ambassador, I wrote on my blog: | | | If you were sitting in the Oval Office and George W. Bush asked, "Hey, tell me, who could we appoint to the UN ambassador job that would most piss off the UN and the rest of the world," your job would be quite easy. | | | He once said, "If the UN Secretariat building in New York lost ten stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference." And when the Bush administration failed to persuade the UN to back its war in Iraq, Bolton observed that was "further evidence to many why nothing should be paid to the UN system." |
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| | UNAC Youth Action Course - UN Secretariat |
| | The Secretariat carries out the substantive and administrative work of the United Nations as directed by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the other organs. | | | The Secretariat consists of departments and offices with a total staff of about 8,900 under the regular budget, drawn from some 160 countries. | | | Duty stations include UN Headquarters in New York as well as UN offices in Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi. |
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| | UN Secretariat from GREENPOINT |
| | - The UN Headquarters site is officially international territory, not part of the United States - making New York the only state with a hole in it. | | | The narrow end walls are of white marble; the other two elevations are surfaced with green-tinted glass. | | | "Providing office accommodation for 3,400 employees, the Secretariat is a 39 story building with an aluminum grille to conceal equipment on the roof. |
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http://ragette.org/skyline/UNareabuildings/UN%20Secratariat.htm
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: The Un Gang: a Memoir of Incompetence, Corruption, Espionage, Anti-Semitism and Islamic Extremism at ... |
| | He loathes everyone at the U.N., from the "pusillanimous" former secretary-general Javier Pérez de Cuellar to the security guard he upbraids for not saying "please," and he delights in verbatim accounts of the long dressings-down he metes out to those who step on his toes. | | | The author delivers a lively, preening, sometimes eye-opening insider's account, but his obvious polemical intent and the enormous chip on his shoulder overshadow his critique of the U.N.'s failings. | | | Lest some object to such tawdry subversion of the UN, let them absorb his amusingly cynical account of his experiences in the Secretariat. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385513194
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| | Model UN Secretariat |
| | Each member has a specific area of responsibility, and delegates are encouraged to contact them if they have any questions. | | | Questions about the operation of the different committees should be directed toward the Secretariat member assigned to the committee in question. | | | If you are unsure of your country assignment, housing arrangements, the schedule of events, or any other administrative matter, contact Jan Muntean, MUN Administrative Assistant. |
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http://modelun.uaa.alaska.edu/2004mun/secretariat.html
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