Back to my Tourist Role
After about 3 weeks acting like a host for friends coming in town, I am back to my role of a visitor in NYC again today!Just came back from a fruitful afternoon touring trip to UN Headquarters on the eastern side of the Manhattan Island, NY Public Library (Humanities & Social Science), St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockfeller Centre/NBC Store, NBA Store at 5th Avenue, Street Fair on 7th Avenue...it was a wonderful day. I did goto Rockfeller at night back to the first few weeks when I had a dinner appointment at Grand Central; but this is my first time, and during daytime, to check it out and take some pictures, like everybody else does in the area this afternoon. I like the UN visit the most indeed. Joined a tour led by a Swedish/Indian mixed guide for around an hour in the HQ building, we visited the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic & Social Council meeting halls and the gift shops ^__^ I learnt so much today there...sharing some of the things I know more about the world and UN below:
1) How many countries are currently members of the UN?
2) How many Secretary-General altogether since UN established after WWII?
3) How many non-permanent members in the UN Security Council? How long are their terms?
4) Why was NYC be picked as the UN HQs?
5) How many languages does UN offer for simultaneous interpretation in its meetings?
6) How many sessions do the UN has so far? (hint: a session runs from Oct to Sep)
Alright...how many questions of the above do you have an answer with now?
1) UN has 191 member country now. UN does not grant the status of independence to a country, but the country inside instead. These 191 nations have equal voting power in the General Assembly.
2) Six, including the current one Mr. Kofi Annan from Ghana. But during their official appointment as UN staff, one does not serve for its own country or acting on its behalf.
3) There are 5 permanent members the US, the UK, Russia, France and China and 10 non-permanent member nations, with each has a two-year term.
4) The current venue for UN HQs was donated to UN by the New York City, and it is an international territory, meaning that it doesn not belong to the US government but all the 191 nations instead.
5) In UN meetings, there are 6 languages offered - English, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. Because these are the most widely spoken languages on earth.
6) In the coming September, the UN is having it's 60th Anniversary!
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