UN HEADQUARTERS VIENNA
Along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, Vienna is one of the four headquarters of the United Nations. The Vienna International Centre (VIC), commonly known as "UNO City", was designed by Austrian architect Johann Staber. Opened on 23 August 1979, it has been rented
to the United Nations for 99 years at a symbolic rate
of 1 Austrian schilling (7 cents) annually.
More than 4,000 employees from over 100 countries work for the Vienna-based organizations. About a third of them are Austrians. Some €22 million in annual operations costs are borne by the Organizations themselves. The VIC also pumps about €360 million annually into the Austrian economy in the form of administrative expenses, the purchase of office equipment and supplies, and spending by staff and conference delegates.
Numerous international conferences and meetings are held annually at the Vienna International Centre. Events of a much larger dimension ate held in the adjacent Austria Center.
located at the Centre are the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom), and the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
Other United Nations organizations and entities with offices in Vienna are: the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) which coordinates environmental projects along the Danube is also located at the VIC. .
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT VIENNA
The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) provides administrative support to VIC-based programmes in conference planning, language interpretation and building security. The Director-General of UNOV represents the Secretary-General in dealings with the host country and diplomatic missions in Vienna.
