Why The United Nations Headquarters In America? This Is The Reason

YOGYAKARTA Did you know that the United Nations (UN) is based in the United States, precisely in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Some people may question why the UN headquarters in America even though the two parties often cross opinions, especially with regard to the Israeli and Palestinian conflicts. This Arikel will provide an explanation for you.

Reporting from the news media Slate, one of the reasons why many countries have agreed to elect the United States as the main headquarters of the United Nations is because the country is considered more stable than Europe.

The history of the formation of the United Nations begins with the agreement of countries after World War II. The organization was formed with the intention of maintaining world peace. Once formed, the question that arises is where is the ideal location for the organization?

Several major European countries such as Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Canada, initially encouraged the organization to be based in the European continent. Unfortunately the proposal was opposed because Europe was still slumped by the war.

Meanwhile, other countries that are members of Latin America, Asia, and even the Soviet Union, support the United Nations based in the United States. They considered the US to be more stable and safe. Even the US became a promising symbol of the 'New World'.

In the book entitled Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations, badminton Mires explained that the Soviet Union strongly supports the plan to establish a UN headquarters in the US. They think that the old world "European countries" is considered to have had their turn. It's a new world turn to be a concern.

After all agreed to choose the US as the UN headquarters, various cities in the country are competing to propose to host. Several cities that have been discussed as UN headquarters such as San Francisco, Philadelphia, and in the end New York was chosen by the Turtle Bay area in Manhattan.

The election of New York as the main office of the United Nations is because it has adequate infrastructure. In addition, there is financial support that comes from the philanthropy of the United States, John D. Rockefeller Jr. At that time he gave a donation of $8.5 million to buy land to be established as the United Nations office.

In the History of the United Nations Headquarters which was uploaded on the official UN website, it was explained that the official decision to place the UN headquarters in New York was made through the first General Assembly. The trial was held in London on February 14, 1946. However, on December 10, 1945, the US Congress had already invited the United Nations to establish their permanent headquarters in the country.

After the location was determined, a board of architects was formed which consisted of 10 people, namely Nikolai G. Bassov (Soviet Union),principal Brunfut (Belgium), Ernest Cormier (Canada), Le Corbusier (France), Liang Seu-Cheng (China), cover Markelius (Sweden), Oscar Niemeyer (Brazil), Howard Robertson (England), GA Soilleux (Australia), and Julio Vilamaj penuh (Uruguay).

The process of building the United Nations building itself began in 1947. Meanwhile, UN staff was first based in the United States in 1950.

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