{"id":177529,"date":"2026-03-27T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:55:16","slug":"un-security-council-marks-80th-anniversary-of-first-u-s-meeting-at-lehman-college-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/177529\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council Marks 80th Anniversary of First U.S. Meeting at Lehman College in the Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"541\">New York, 24 March 2026 \u2014 UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and ambassadors from the 15 members of the Security Council visited Lehman College in the Bronx, the site of the first Security Council meeting held on United States soil in 1946.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"885\">The visit commemorated the 80th anniversary of the historic session, which took place in a refurbished basketball gymnasium at what was then Hunter College. The facility was converted into a temporary Council chamber within three weeks, while journalists were accommodated in a converted swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"885\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-469130\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HENBGBObIAA3ab_.jpeg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-469130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HENBGBObIAA3ab_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\"  \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1176\">During the tour, Security Council members viewed the historic gymnasium and received a presentation on the early days of the United Nations. Officials highlighted that the first meeting addressed international issues including the situation in Iran.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1441\">The visit included a guided historical tour, group photographs, and a presentation inside the original chamber, underscoring the organization\u2019s origins and its continued role in maintaining international peace and security.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1443\" data-end=\"1679\">Lehman College, formerly part of Hunter College, hosted the Council in March 1946 before the United Nations moved to temporary headquarters in Lake Success on Long Island due to space constraints.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1443\" data-end=\"1679\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-469129\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"452\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HENBGA1XMAAmwvR.jpeg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-469129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HENBGA1XMAAmwvR.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"452\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York, 24 March 2026 \u2014 UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and ambassadors from the 15 members of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-177529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}