[governance] 20th century arrives in Geneva

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

UN security staff most likely.. They wear blue uniforms

--srs (htc one x)



On 6 March 2013 12:58:02 PM Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> 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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