UN puts a price on media access
“The UN is telling us that only money can allow coverage of UN and UN agencies activities,” one reporter observes. “This runs completely against the UN General Assembly’s resolutions.”
H BUILDING
#119 The G|O Briefing, November 24, 2022
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Lingering challenges for UN Geneva’s H Building one year on
Amongst issues with the SHP project, The Geneva Observer revealed in early 2020 a severe litigation opposing Implenia, the company mandated for the new construction, and one of its subcontractors.
#113 The G|O Briefing, October 13, 2022
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#85, The G|O Briefing, February 10, 2022
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UN audit warns of possible overrunning costs in the renovation of the UN in Geneva
The Strategic Heritage Plan (SHP), the ongoing renovation of the UN Geneva compound in Geneva, might run over its CHF 836,500,000 approved budget, reveals a December 2021 audit by the Office of Internal Oversight Services, Internal Audit Division (OIOS). The eleven-page document indicates that close to CHF 35
#84, The G|O Briefing, February 3, 2022
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The H Building Inaugurated Amidst Staff Interrogations
From UNOG’s D-G Tatiana Valovaya, to Swiss FM Ignazio Cassis, to the Geneva authorities, le tout Genève internationale was gathered, despite the rain, for Monday’s (November 1) blue ribbon-cutting ceremony of the brand new UN H building. The building is part of the UN Strategic Heritage Plan, an
Hotdesking on a hot seat
Hotdesking, the flexible and open arrangement of workstations, is planned for the H-building, but this isn’t going down well with some UN staff in Geneva, and a growing body of evidence supports their concerns.
The move to a new site is not the only controversial issue for the UN’
Major tensions between the UN and a Geneva building company
An investigation by the Geneva Observer exposes the details of a dispute between the UN and the Swiss construction giant Implenia.
A poisonous relationship between the UN and Implenia
September 25, 2019: The UN releases its sixth progress report on the Strategic Heritage Plan (SHP) project, the UN renovation project