United Nations The UN in Bonn is growing again
Bonn · Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller says UNIDO will open an office here in May and hails Bonn as a little New York.
The United Nations in Bonn continues to grow. The Federal Minister for Development, Gerd Müller, said in an interview with the General Anzeiger that the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) wants to open an investment and technology promotion office in the city on 3 May. The office will initially have five employees.
Talking about the future of the UN city, Minister Müller had the following to say: “Bonn has developed extremely well. The international guests experiencing Bonn are as enthusiastic as we are. We want to build on that. Bonn is already almost a little New York with the city, the congress centre and the UN campus. And I’m pleased that we could expand the location for development organisations. With 569 employees, the Ministry is focused here and in the chancellor’s office has a great official residence steeped in history.
Following negotiations with Li Yong, the Chinese head of UNIDO, the UN Industrial Development Organisation, she has agreed to open her office for investment and technology promotion here. Li wants to open it on 3 May. We will then have 20 UN institutions in Bonn. And when the new US administration says it will cut UN funding and that it does not attach any importance to UN institutions, then I say: Welcome to Bonn. We are a primary source of funding of many UN organisations and everyone feels at home here. The internationality of the city at this campus is unique. Bonn is not provincial.” (Original text: lw/ga. Translated by Kate Carey)
