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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 annually.
More than 4,000 employees from over a 100 countries work for the Vienna-based organizations. About a third of them are Austrians. Some 300 million Austrian Schillings in annual operations costs are borne by the Organizations themselves. The VIC also pumps about 4 billion Schillings 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.
Located at the Centre are the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), 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), the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) and Int´l Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) which co-ordinates environmental projects along the Danube is also located at the VIC.
More information can be found at the UN Information Service .
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