# What alternative locations were considered for the United Nations? Tags: 20th-century, united-nations - Score: 13 - Views: 1514 - Answers: 2 - Answered: yes - Asked by: canadiancreed (3685 rep) - Asked: 2011-10-24 - Edited: 2018-01-12 - Site: history ## Question When reading up on the United Nations on Wikipedia, I noticed that Navy Island near Niagara falls was being considered at the time of the groups creation for it's location. I'm wondering what locations were considered outside of Manhattan, how seriously they were considered, and why New York was eventually chosen over them? ## Answers ### Answer by Steven Drennon (score: 8 [ACCEPTED]) On 10 December 1945, the Congress of the United States unanimously resolved to invite the United Nations to establish its permanent home in that country. Thereafter, the decision to locate the United Nations near New York City was made by the General Assembly at its first session, held in London on 14 February 1946. During the latter half of 1946, following selection of the United States as host country, a special United Nations site committee studied possible locations in such places as Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco. While