[governance] 20th century arrives in Geneva

[Norbert Bollow]

Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan at unam.mx> wrote:

> we tried and often exercised the power-strip approach (sometimes in
> long daisy-chains) in the Palais des Nations lots of times in the
> WSIS and successor processes, only to be cut off (and sometimes
> chased out of rooms) by the police, for violations of the fire code.
> Further, the police told us that the cords could make people trip in
> case the room had to be evacuated fast, another violation of fire and
> other safety codes.

Assuming that this information is accurate... is it known who
specifically in the UN made the decision to call the police?

(It is part of the agreement between the UN and Switzerland that the
Swiss police will not enter the UN compound unless specifically
requested to do so by the UN.)

Greetings,
Norbert

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