Vienna International Center

(Local Name: UNO City) Following measures taken in the early 1970s to construct the Danube Relief Channel, UNO-City and an international conference center, the Austria Center Vienna, were created at the end of the Danube Bridge which lies opposite the Altstadt. In years to come it is planned to develop a second ultra-modern city center around UNO-City, to be known as Danube City. UNO-City is leased by the State on a 99-year agreement for a peppercorn rent of one schilling a year to the United Nations, several of whose organizations are housed here. These include the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Department of the UN for International Commercial Law (UNCITRAL), the International