New york has few headquarters for international organizations, but it is home to the United Nations, the largest international organization in the world. The headquarters of the United Nations is located on the east coast of Manhattan Island in new york. Since 195 1 the United Nations headquarters moved here from Geneva, it has become the permanent address of the United Nations headquarters. The whole headquarters consists of three parts. The first part is the secretariat office building. In front of the building is the headquarters gate, where the national flags of 150 member countries stand. This 39-story matchbox building has floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the east and west sides and marble walls on the north and south sides. The second part is the conference hall. The main venue is a big vault with more than 2,000 seats and many sub-venues. Visitors can visit all the halls except the meetings of the Security Council. When we went to visit, the Italian representative was speaking in the hall, but he didn't stop or take pictures. The conference hall of the Council was designed by Norwegian artist Aneberg, all decorated with Norwegian furniture. 15 Council members held a round table in it. Gifts presented by member countries are displayed outside the hall, and the tapestry of the Great Wall of Wan Li presented by China is among them. The third part is the United Nations library. The United Nations has more than 265,438+0,000 employees all over the world. They are the highest paid employees in the world, and 7,000 of them work in the headquarters in new york. In addition to the United Nations Headquarters, new york also has the headquarters of other international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme.
Geneva is probably the city with the largest concentration of international organizations, among which the Palais des Nations is the most famous. It is the seat of the League of Nations, the predecessor of the United Nations, and now it is the United Nations office in Europe, and it is still the center of various conferences in the world. During the Indian zhina Conference from 65438 to 0954, Premier Zhou came here to negotiate. The conference hall of the Palais des Nations is world-famous. The porch of the hall is made of Finnish granite, and the marble of the columns and walls comes from Sweden. There is a gold-plated bronze armillary sphere in the courtyard of the Palais des Nations, which is 4 meters high, completely imitating the ancient armillary sphere in China, but the sculptures on it are mixed, including dolphins, sailboats, women and wine glasses. A United Nations official told me that an Australian schoolgirl was moved by the sight here after she visited it on 1977. She believes that Europe is the birthplace of previous wars, and Switzerland can only maintain lasting peace, so she set herself on fire in front of the palace to strengthen the determination of the world to defend permanent peace. What she did was really childish, but her spirit was really touching. Besides the United Nations Office in Europe, there are other international organizations in Geneva, such as the World Health Organization, the International Red Cross, the World Meteorological Organization, the Universal Postal Union and the International Labour Organization.
The most famous international organization in Paris is UNESCO, which is the largest sub-organization under the United Nations Headquarters. It has more than 3,000 staff members all over the world, including nearly 2,000 at headquarters alone. The UNESCO headquarters is a 7-story T-shaped building, located at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, with conference halls and offices inside. In front of the main conference hall, there is a huge abstract painting of Picasso presented by the French government. There are banks, post offices, canteens, shops, bookstores and restaurants in the building. The director-general of the organization lives on the seventh floor, and the family occupies almost the whole floor. The French government attaches great importance to this organization and gives special protection to the surrounding environment and public security.
Vienna, Austria is also famous for its concentration of international organizations. The Austrian government has specially built an international center in the scenic spot along the Danube River. It is a polygon composed of eight arc-shaped buildings, and the interior is connected by passages. It is an international organization construction group larger than the United Nations headquarters. 1968 broke ground and was completed in 1977, which took 9 years and cost 500 million dollars. Now the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the World Monetary Fund and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are all in the building, with 654.38+00000 people working in it. Compared with the other three places, the employee benefits here are higher, and the lunch is cheap and abundant. The entire building complex is leased by the Austrian government to international organizations for use, and the rent is the lowest in the world. The annual rent 1 Austrian schilling totals RMB 1 yuan, which is completely symbolic. However, this is by no means a loss-making deal for the host government, because these 65,438+0,000 staff and participants will spend hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange in Austria every year.