United Nations Office at Nairobi

The United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) is one of the four major United Nations office sites where several different UN agencies have a joint presence. It was established in 1996.[1]

In November 2004, the United Nations Security Council held a rare session at Nairobi to discuss the takeover of southern and western Sudan.[2] The meeting was convened at the urging of then-Ambassador John Danforth of the United States.[3]

UNON is the UN headquarters in Africa.[1]

UNON hosts the annual East Africa Model United Nations Conference for secondary school and University students from East Africa.

Site

The complex of buildings is located next to the Karura Forest and across the street (United Nations Avenue) from the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

The UN Complex at Gigiri contains a 'green' building, a completely energy and carbon-neutral building, housing UNEP and UN-Habitat offices.[4][5] The building is the first of its kind in Africa, recycling water and using natural light to reduce reliance on artificial lighting. In addition, the building is designed to use natural flow of air as a substitute to air conditioning, and it contains solar panels to generate all the energy that the building would consume.[6] It was opened on 31 March 2011 by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Kenya's former president Mwai Kibaki.

Burned Trees, a series of sculptures designed by Monegasque artist Philippe Pastor aimed at drawing attention to forest conflagrations, has been exhibited continuously at the office since 2006.[7]

Constituent agencies

Headquartered at Nairobi:

Presence at Nairobi:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome to the United Nations Office at Nairobi".
  2. ↑ "Security Council Nairobi Meeting Welcomes End of Year Peace Pledge By Parties To Sudan Conflict". Un.org.
  3. ↑ Archived 13 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "New UN office in Nairobi is a showcase for sustainability". Greening the Blue.
  5. ↑ www.standardmedia.co.ke (1 April 2011). "Standard Digital News : : Business – New benchmark as UN opens green building in Nairobi". Standardmedia.co.ke. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Recio, Eugenia (7 March 2011). "UNEP Showcases New Green Buildings in Nairobi – Climate Change Policy & Practice". Climate-l.iisd.org.
  7. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme: Philippe Pastor

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