UNITED NATIONS, July 14 -- Less than two weeks after the formation of “UN Women,” to consolidate the UN's agencies working on the issue, one of the agencies has gone forward with a major lease of real estate in Manhattan.
The UN Population Fund, UNFPA, has just reportedly signed a 15 year lease for three floors (131,000 square feet) at 605 Third Avenue in midtown Manhattan.
Meanwhile, multiple sources tell Inner City Press that during the negotiations to form UN Women, Qatar offered $100 million if it the headquarters would be put in Qatar.
But as Inner City Press reported earlier this month, Qatar is one of only three countries which has never sent a female athlete to the Olympic Games, along with Brunei and Saudi Arabia.
So now matter how much money is offered, some ask how could the headquarters of UN Women be in Qatar?
A Group of 77 source complained, as to UN agency headquarters, that an effect of the European Union's push to form a UN Environment agency would be to undermine the status of Nairobi, where the current UN Environment Program is headquartered.
But maybe if UNEP stepped out and signed a big long term lease for more Kenyan real estate...
And see, www.innercitypress.com/un2women071410.html
