United Nations Office at Nairobi

United Nations Office at Nairobi

UNON Location within Kenya
Abbreviation	UNON
Location	Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinates	1°14′05″S 36°48′59″E / 1.2346°S 36.8164°E / -1.2346; 36.8164
Director-General	Zainab Bangura
Website	www.unon.org

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON, Swahili: Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa Nairobi) in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is one of four major United Nations office sites^[a] where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. Established in 1996, it is the UN's official headquarters in Africa.^[1]

The United Nations Office at Nairobi also hosts the global headquarters for two programmes: the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)^[2] and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).^[3]

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.^[4] The meeting was convened at the urging of then-Ambassador John Danforth of the United States.^[5]

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