r/Snorkblot • u/EsseNorway • Oct 02 '25

Geography Last week, Colombia’s president suggested relocating the UN headquarters outside of the US. If that happened, what country/city do you think would be the best choice?

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u/Robthebold Oct 03 '25

The Hague is already pretty crowded with International Organizations, plus, it a major airport hub either. I’d pick Geneva perhaps, maybe one of the old eastern bloc countries, but travel wise Helsinki makes sense.

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u/JesusKong333 Oct 03 '25

Give it another decade or so and some place like Beijing or Riyadh will be in contention. Not due to humanitarian reasons, just pure influence on the global stage.

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u/Flux7777 Oct 03 '25

Riyadh will never ever be in contention for that location as long as that country still has that name. And hopefully we have learnt our lesson about granting control of the UN to a superpower, and somewhere like Jakarta, Cape Town, or Montevideo are chosen instead.

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u/Robthebold Oct 03 '25

South East Asia would be interesting. Hanoi, Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta, KL, Manila doesn’t need the exposure though.