UN reduces the number of employees in New York

After the first documented case of the corona virus in a diplomat in the United Nations, the UN is drastically reducing the number of employees at its New York headquarters. “I have decided that from Monday, March 16 to April 12, all employees will work remotely if their physical presence in the building is not required (…),” wrote UN Secretary General António Guterres yesterday in an E -Mail.

The letter was available to the dpa. Guterres emphasized that the United Nations would continue to work. According to diplomats, important UN bodies such as the Security Council will continue to meet.

On Thursday, a diplomat became known for the first time with the novel coronavirus when a Filipino diplomat tested positive. You last stayed on Monday for about half an hour at the UN headquarters on the East River.

The United Nations had already announced to its employees on Tuesday that the 39-story building would be closed to visitors for the time being. The complex in Manhattan houses, among other things, the UN General Assembly with 193 member countries of the world and the UN Security Council.

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