UN reopens European office after security issue


  • World
  • Friday, 25 Aug 2023

The European headquarters of the United Nations is pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, September 2, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -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.

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