page_title: United Nations Office at Nairobi
section_title: Site
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Office at Nairobi / Site
caption_attribution_description: English: UN-Habitat offices at the headquarters in Nairobi
context_page_description: The United Nations Office at Nairobi is one of four major United Nations office sites where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. Established in 1996, it is the UN's headquarters in Africa.
  The United Nations Office at Nairobi also hosts the global headquarters for two programmes: the United Nations Environmental Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
  In November 2004, the United Nations Security Council held a rare session at Nairobi to discuss the armed conflicts in southern and western Sudan that constituted a phase of the Second Sudanese Civil War. The meeting was convened at the urging of then-Ambassador John Danforth of the United States.
context_section_description: The complex of buildings is located next to the Karura Forest in the Gigiri district of Nairobi, along United Nations Avenue. It stands across the street from the US Embassy in Kenya.
  The UN complex contains a 'green' building, a completely energy and carbon-neutral building, housing UNEP and UN-Habitat offices. The building is the first of its kind in Africa, recycling water and using natural light to reduce reliance on artificial lighting. In addition, the building is designed to use natural flow of air as a substitute to air conditioning, and it contains solar panels to generate all the energy that the building might consume. It was opened on 31 March 2011 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki.
  Burned Trees, a series of sculptures designed by Monegasque artist Philippe Pastor aimed at drawing attention to forest conflagrations, has been exhibited continuously at the office since 2006.
caption: The zero-energy  UN-Habitat and UNEP office building
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