Dubai, the struggling UAE sheikhdom in the Persian Gulf, offered Thursday to host the headquarters of the United Nations should the global organization want to leave New York.
"Dubai is fully prepared to host the UN headquarters on its soil if UN officials decide to move the headquarters from New York," the emirate said in a statement.
It offered dialogue with UN officials to provide them with full information on the facilities the emirate can provide for the UN. It also claimed geographical location, air, land and sea transport systems make it an optimal place for a new UN headquarters.
Dubai, recently been hit by the global economic crisis, is famous for its extravagant real estate projects, Reuters reported. It is currently struggling with billion dollars debt.
On December 14, 2009, Abu Dhabi, a wealthy emirate of the United Arab Emirates, provided Dubai with 10 billion dollars in assistance to avert an imminent default by the Dubai-owned company Nakheel on 4.1 billion dollars in debt.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=116201§ionid=351020205.
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