VIC - The Vienna International Centre, colloquially also known as UNO City in Vienna, is the campus and building complex hosting the United Nations Office at Vienna. Location Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria.Vienna International Centre designed by Austrian architect Johann Staber, was built between 1973 and 1979 just north of the river Danube. The initial idea of setting up an international organization in Vienna came from the Chancellor of Austria Dr. Bruno Kreisky.
Six Y-shaped office towers surround a cylindrical conference building for a total floor area of 230,000 square metres. The highest tower stands 120 metres tall, enclosing 28 floors.
About 5,000 people work at the VIC, which also offers catering, banking, postal and shopping facilities. Larger conferences can be accommodated in the neighbouring Austria Center Vienna , a conference and exhibition centre with a capacity of 6,000.
The VIC is an extraterritorial area.
Complementing the ongoing asbestos removal works in the VIC, a new conference building (“C2”), to be opened in 2008, is being constructed near the southern perimeter of the campus.
A major UN site along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, the VIC hosts several organizations:
* Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO; German: Organisation des Vertrags über das umfassende Verbot von Nuklearversuchen)
* International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA; German: Internationale Atomenergieorganisation, IAEO)
* United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL; German: Kommission der Vereinten Nationen für internationales Handelsrecht)
* United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO; German: Organisation der Vereinten Nationen für industrielle Entwicklung)
* United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; German: Büro der Vereinten Nationen für Drogen- und Verbrechensbekämpfung)
* United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR; German: Hoher Flüchtlingskommissar der Vereinten Nationen)
* United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA; German: Büro der Vereinten Nationen für Weltraumfragen)
Two other notable international organizations headquartered in Vienna, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and OPEC, occupy facilities outside the VIC.
