Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

UN Geneva


The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) is the second-largest of the four major office sites of the United Nations (second to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City). It is located in the Palais des Nations building constructed for the League of Nations between 1929 and 1938 at Geneva in Switzerland, and expanded in the early 1950s and late 1960s.

One of the four regional UN offices : New York, Nairobi, Vienna and Geneva.
Thanks to Salvatore for this special postcard!
Sent: 10 March 2015   Received: 25 March 2015   Travelled: 15 days

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Vienna International Centre


The United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major UN office sites where several different UN agencies have a joint presence. The office complex is located in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and is part of the Vienna International Centre, a cluster of several major international organizations. The UNOV was established on 1 January 1980, and was the third such office established.

The stamps on the card show right:Festung Hohensalzburg and left; Belvedere castle.
Issued by : United Nations on 28 January 2008

Receiving this card of the UN office from Vienna was a complete surprise which necessitate me digging out my other UN card to show both of them. Thank you Chris for this amazing card of the UNOV. Two down and two more UN offices to collect :D
Sent: 17 July 2014   Received: 12 August 2014   Travelled: 26 days

United Nations Headquarters, New York


 The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River. The term "Turtle Bay" is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole.

The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters, or headquarters districts. These were opened in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1946, Vienna (Austria) in 1980, and Nairobi (Kenya) in 2011.These adjunct offices help represent UN interests, facilitate diplomatic activities, and enjoy certain extraterritorial privileges, but only the main headquarters in New York contains the seats of the principal organs of the UN, including the General Assembly and Security Council. All fifteen of the United Nations' specialized agencies are located outside New York at these other headquarters or in other cities.
(Source: Wikipedia)

A very special card which I received back in 2011 from my flight attendant friend, Tim.
Thank you!
Sent: 3 July 2011