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Nov 13, 2007 11:26 am US/Eastern

Bloomberg Sets Deadline For UN Fire Safety Changes

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg has threatened to keep school children from visiting the United Nations unless the world body upgrades its fire and emergency plans by early next year.

The mayor says the 17-acre complex has corrected only 20 percent of the 866 violations found during an inspection by the city's Fire Department six months ago.

Bloomberg said that despite regular meetings between the city and Under-Secretary-General for Management Alicia Barcena, "the results are not satisfactory."

In a November 5th response, Barcena said that 40 percent of the violations had already been addressed, and that the U.N. was continuing to work to meet the city's deadlines.

The mayor outlined a number of steps and deadlines that the 55-year-old complex must meet to protect the public's safety, including the installation of additional smoke detectors.

The U.N. headquarters overlooking the East River is slated to undergo a $1.9 billion overhaul that is to be completed by 2013.