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United Nations reopens European office after security issue

 
 Illustrative image of a United Nations flag. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Illustrative image of a United Nations flag.
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

A spokesperson told Reuters the closure was due to a "perimeter intrusion" earlier on Friday morning.

The United Nations has reopened its European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland after earlier on Friday shutting it due to an intrusion.

"Please be informed that the issue at the Palais des Nations has now been solved. All the access points have been reopened," it said in a statement.

A spokesperson later told Reuters the closure was due to a "perimeter intrusion" earlier on Friday morning.

The United Nations Human Rights Council

The Palais des Nations building houses the UN Human Rights Council and is a hub for diplomats, humanitarian workers and state officials.

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It is unclear if anybody was injured or the nature of the intrusion.

 Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva. (credit: FLICKR)
Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva. (credit: FLICKR)

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