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STORY: UN / SECURITY COUNCIL LEHMAN COLLEGE
TRT: 02:57
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, Lehman College building housing the old gymnasium
2. Med shot, Lehman campus
3. Close up, plaque on old gymnasium building commemorating the first Security Council meeting
4. Various shots, Council members, and dignitaries gathered for group photo
5. Med shot, Professor Duane Tananbaum of Lehman College gives a tour to Security Council members
6. UPSOUND (English) Duane Tananbaum, Emeritus Professor, History at Lehman College
“The US had never joined the League of Nations, and so they wanted to do everything possible to secure the UN’s future here in the United States.”
7. Med shot, Secretary-General António Guterres walking
8. Close up, signage
9. Wide shot, Guterres and dignitaries enter the old gymnasium building for presentation
10. Pan left, Guterres enters the gymnasium
11. Various shots, Guterres and Council members sitting at the dais
12. UPSOUND (English) Rula Hinedi, Chief, Guided Tours, United Nations:
“It was finally decided that Hunter College will be the centre of the first Security Council meeting on US soil.”
13. Various shots, inside old gymnasium building of historical presentation to Security Council members
14. Various shots, old seats, clock, and basketball net in the gymnasium
15. Various shots, Guterres and delegation leaving
16. Various shots, exterior, Lehman College campus
Secretary-General António Guterres and ambassadors from the Security Council 15 member states today (24 Mar) visited Lehman College in the Bronx, which served as the location of the first Security Council meeting on US soil on 25 March 1946.
Eight decades ago, the basketball gym at Hunter (now Lehman) College was refurbished as the UN Security Council chamber in just three weeks. Journalists were accommodated in a converted swimming pool. One of the first issues the Council discussed was Iran.
Hunter College was never large enough to accommodate the UN staff needed to run the organization, nor the delegates from the then 51 countries or Member States of the United Nations, so a new temporary headquarters was established in a Second World War munitions factory at Lake Success on Long Island.
