Security services from around the world will provide protection for participants of the UN General Assembly

The Security Operations Center at the UN Headquarters, September 20, 2024/AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah

This week, the 79th session of the UN General Assembly begins its work in New York, during which government representatives from different countries will discuss ways to solve several major global problems, including conflict resolution and strengthening peace and security on the planet, human rights, nuclear weapons, digital technologies and climate change.

More than 140 leaders from around the world, including from countries engulfed in active armed conflicts, are coming to New York to participate in the General Assembly events, the Associated Press reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, are expected at the UN General Assembly. Vladimir Putin will not attend the session, but will send Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov there.

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With so many presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and other dignitaries in one city and under one roof at the same time, the event is proving to be the toughest for security personnel to handle. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said the department has already registered more than 4,000 protests, with more expected next week.

The U.S. Secret Service, in conjunction with the New York City police and the United Nations Security and Protection Service, has developed a security plan that includes not only motorcades and guards, but also helicopters, NYPD patrol boats, a dozen K-9 bomb-detection teams, road closures and traffic diversions.

The Secret Service is bringing in agents from around the world for the event. The Coast Guard is restricting access to the river near the U.N. headquarters, and the Federal Aviation Administration is closing airspace.

The event security command post is staffed 24 hours a day by U.N. security personnel, who work 12-hour shifts while world leaders are in town.

The Secret Service, NYPD, and State Department will have their own command centers — in Brooklyn, at One Police Plaza in Manhattan, and in a ballroom at a nearby hotel.

The NYPD, the largest in the country, has its own Joint Operations Center, equipped to relay real-time surveillance, drone, and helicopter data, as well as other vital information, to officers.

By Sergey Daga