United Nations Capital Master Plan:

In Detail

Date: Thursday May 11, 2006

Time: 1:00-2:30 PM

Location: Church Center of the UN
777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor
(44th and 1st Ave.)
New York, NY 10017

RSVP: Full contact information to:
Jessica Hartl, UNA-USA
202-462-3446
jhartl@unausa.org

Featured Speaker

Louis Frederick Reuter IV
Assistant Secretary General, Executive Director
Capital Master Plan, United Nations

Background

Over the last six years the United Nations has been working on a renovation plan for its New York headquarters. The current plan is expected to cost between $1.2 and 1.6 billion. Recently, the Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee) of the General Assembly authorized $100.5 million to finance the design and pre-construction phases, with the United States disassociating itself from the consensus on this resolution. With delays and debates over such issues as how to finance the renovations, the UN is facing many challenges in the months ahead, as it attempts to reach a final decision on a renovation strategy. In this dialogue with the NGO community, Mr. Reuter will discuss the latest plan for renovation; how the UN arrived at this decision; problems/challenges faced in the process; financing sources and how financing will be structured; efforts being made to ensure sustained access to the buildings and sessions by outside groups (e.g. NGOs); and other relevant issues.