UN HQ a firetrap, says senator
The United Nations is a disaster waiting to happen – a potential towering inferno that could be as devastating for workers, staff and visitors as the terror attacks on the World Trade Center’s twin towers, a US senator has said.
Calling the 39-storey, glass-walled building a “firetrap” which violates many sections of New York City’s building code, Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and US Ambassador John Bolton should “make it a priority” to force through a $1.6bn (€1.2bn) renovation programme.
