Why is the United Nations headquarters in New York?

Question

Aren't the countries supposed to be equal in this organization? I would find it fair if it was centered in some island

Answer 1

Giving it the powers to succeed is more of a pressing issue than where it HQ is located

Answer 2

New York is a melting pot.

Answer 3

Its technically not in new york, Its "International land" However, controversies have arisen, as USA refused entry to certain Iranian diplomats, and they were forced to miss the general assembly.

So its international land, but you need America's permission to enter it.

Answer 4

We give the most money, and New York is a big city.

Answer 5

UN was created by USA initiative. It is more comfortable to 'make politics" in your own country, but not somewhere in Europe.

Answer 6

The United Nations Headquarters were constructed in New York City in 1949 and 1950 beside the East River, on seventeen acres of land purchased from the foremost New York real estate developer of the time, William Zeckendorf. This purchase was arranged by Nelson Rockefeller, after an initial offer of placing it on the Rockefeller family estate of Kykuit was rejected as being too isolated from Manhattan. The $8.5 million purchase was then funded by his father, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who donated it to the City. The lead architect for the building was the real estate firm of Wallace Harrison, the personal architectural adviser for the family.

See also

    * U Thant Island

    * United Nations Office at Geneva

    * United Nations Office at Nairobi

    * United Nations Office at Vienna

Answer 7

Because they felt bad for us giving all the money to their ridiculous efforts so they figured they could at least pay us some rent. We fund nearly all of it and still have relatively no voting power.

Answer 8

Love to see them go elsewhere.... I'd be way ok with that

Answer 9

It is on an island.  It's called Manhattan.

Answer 10

Because the US was stupid enough to sponsor it and NYC was stupid enough to accept it.

I say move it to Angola. I bet it will be a smaller organization by a factor of 1,000.

The UN is just creator of jobs for 3 world politico's, nothing else.

Answer 11

Go the UN website and learn why. We the Us was deemed safer and ubiased and still are seen that way by most accounts.

We did save the world twice after all.

he name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.

States first established international organizations to cooperate on specific matters. The International Telecommunication Union was founded in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union, and the Universal Postal Union was established in 1874. Both are now United Nations specialized agencies.

In 1899, the International Peace Conference was held in The Hague to elaborate instruments for settling crises peacefully, preventing wars and codifying rules of warfare. It adopted the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes and established the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which began work in 1902.

The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations, an organization conceived in similar circumstances during the first World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security." The International Labour Organization was also created under the Treaty of Versailles as an affiliated agency of the League. The League of Nations ceased its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War.

In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States in August-October 1944. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States.

The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year.

Extracted from: Basic Facts About the United Nations 2000, Sales No. E.00.I.21.

Answer 12

Many UN organizations are run out of the Hague as well.

Answer 13

Because American has been too generous to the rest of the world and always enjoys the role of being a big brother not mentioning the city  has most of the best restaurants in the world.

Answer 14

Originally it was thought it would be safer there and a neutral country  as there was no threat to the US. Now I wish that they would rethink that one and throw them out.

Answer 15

Because everyone loves New York, and its kinda sorta in the middle of everything