Despite repeated threats over nearly a decade against United Nations headquarters and heightened precautions since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, significant weaknesses remain in the security for the complex, he acknowledged.
Yet, the knowledge that the attackers had made targets of the center of the financial system as well as the country's military headquarters gave the work heightened importance.
"We do realize that this is a moment in our history of heightened awareness, heightened engagement and we want to harness that energy, that opportunity that's arising right now to give people a sustainable way to engage in these issues," Ferrera said during the event held at Twitter's New York City headquarters and live-streamed via Periscope.
While it would probably take a chancellor several years to visit every one of the system's 1,100 schools, the disconnect between central headquarters and the neighborhood schools was heightened by decentralization in the early 1970's.
At the same time, the tension in Israel has heightened with the siege of Yasir Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah.
Suspicion over an intervention by developed countries heightened as most of the signatories had headquarters outside Indonesia, while those that are based in Indonesia signed because of their buyers' pressure or due to lobbying from the US Embassy (interview 13,11).
The effort comes as the company faces heightened scrutiny over its decision to locate two new U.S. headquarters in Northern Virginia and Long Island City, after encouraging dozens of metropolitan leaders to compete for the company's favor.
Last October, UNICEF, UNAIDS and other partners launched the UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS campaign at UN headquarters in New York to heighten global awareness about the impact of AIDS on children and their caregivers.
Security was heightened Sunday at the downtown Benghazi courthouse that serves as opposition headquarters.
On Friday the Palestinians delivered to U.N. headquarters documents on joining the Rome Statute of the ICC and other international treaties, in a move that has heightened tensions with Israel and could lead to cuts in U.S. aid.
