(Lunar 30 years of the twelfth lunar month), January 28, 1949, the United Nations has decided to pay $ 24 million to the construction of the United Nations Headquarters.

1949 1 28, the Secretary-General of the United Nations of Trysil Gefu - Trygve Lie to approve the construction contract of the 39-storey skyscraper raw material for glass, aluminum and marble. The completion of the building will provide 889,000 square feet of the work area to the United Nations Secretariat in New York.
United Nations building towards a "sign of peace". 5400 windows in the building, an area of ​​6 acres of glass "walls" 21 high-speed elevators. Miles of sidewalks and roadways below, will be installed the the many heating pipes melting of snow and ice on the road. The building could be completed in the fall of 1950. (History TodayOnHistory.com)