Archiv: Relocation of the UN headquarter to Geneva / Verlegung des UNO Hauptquartiers nach Genf


02.09.2025 - 23:04 [ Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) ]

UNGA: Move September Meeting to Geneva to Allow Palestinians to Participate

(August 29, 2025)

(Washington D.C., August 29, 2025) – In response to the U.S. State Department‘s decision to deny visas to Palestinian Authority officials ahead of the September UN General Assembly meeting, DAWN issues the following statement:

„The UNGA should hold its September meeting in Geneva to allow Palestine to participate,“ said Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN‘s executive director. „Moving the meeting there will send a message to the Trump administration that the international community does not tolerate these breaches of long standing law requiring access to all representatives.“

The UN Headquarters Agreement of 1947 requires the United States to provide unfettered access to UN proceedings for all representatives, regardless of bilateral disputes. Section 11 establishes an „unrestricted right“ for officials to enter the U.S. for UN business, while Section 12 states these provisions apply „irrespective of the relations existing between the Governments“ and the U.S.

30.08.2025 - 18:36 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

U.S. Bans Visas for PA Ahead of UN General Assembly; ‘Trump Is an Enemy of Palestine’

According to Hadash MK Ayman Odeh, “In the end, only Israel and the US, perhaps along with Micronesia, will stand alone on the international stage, trying to defy the will of the majority of the world’s nations. Trump’s decision to prevent the Palestinians from participating in the UN General Assembly is yet another direct attack on the international order. But it doesn’t really change anything: the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination, just like any other people in the world. The whole world knows this and supports this fundamental right, and everyone who believes in justice and peace stands with the Palestinian people, now, more than ever.”

“Trump’s decision to ban Palestinians from the UN summit in New York is a full and direct attack on the UN and the international order. The US is an enemy of the Palestinian cause and is fully supportive of the genocidal settler Israeli government. The rest of the world, the UN, and all peace-loving peoples must resist this attack and stand by the Palestinian people. If it be – the UN conference should be held in Europe”, Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman agreed,

30.08.2025 - 18:20 [ TRTWorld.com ]

US visa ban on top Palestinian officials before UNGA sparks global condemnation

As UN host, Washington is obligated not to block delegates. While activists frequently demand visa bans on controversial leaders, the US rarely enforces such measures.

Exceptions include barring Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in 2013 over ICC charges and forcing the General Assembly to meet in Geneva in 1988 when Yasser Arafat was refused entry.

21.07.2025 - 21:34 [ Franck-Biancheri.eu ]

It’s time to move the UN headquarter from New-York to Geneva (2004)

(2004)

So let’s help Move America Forward get a big success with their petition to outs the UN from the US; and let’s start prepare for hosting the future UN headquarter in Geneva. If I were to be the Swiss authorities, I would immediately start thinking of recruiting architects and funds. Even if it takes a decade to be decided upon, a decade is a short time in this matter.

21.07.2025 - 21:15 [ UNwatch.org ]

UN Watch Hails Resignation of Entire UN’s Anti-Israel Inquiry: “This is All Due to U.S. Sanctions on Albanese, Dominoes Are Falling”

(July 14, 2025)

“This week, the dominoes are falling,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch. “First, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the historic decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN’s pro-Hamas rapporteur, in wake of a massive campaign led by UN Watch. Now the architects of the UN’s anti-Israel inquisition are fleeing the ship. The tide is turning.”

21.07.2025 - 21:12 [ australianjewishnews.com ]

UN commission quits Israel investigation

(July 16, 2025)

The letters were posted on a back-end Human Rights Council website and first publicised by UN Watch, a nonprofit monitoring group.

The commission will continue to exist once new members are appointed. Jürg Lauber, head of the Human Rights Council, has asked member states to propose replacements by 31 August.

05.02.2025 - 20:38 [ Counterpunch.org ]

Relocating UN Headquarters out of the United States

(April 28, 2023)

The United Nations- US headquarters agreement of 26 June 1947[13] envisages in Article IX the possibility of relocating UN headquarters to another venue. Section 23 stipulates “The seat of the United Nations shall not be removed from the headquarters district unless the United Nations should so decide.” Section 24 stipulates “This agreement shall cease to be in force if the seat of the United Nations is removed from the territory of the United States, except for such provisions as may be applicable in connection with the orderly termination of the operations of the United Nations at its seat in the United States and the disposition of its property therein.”