By COLUM LYNCH [Foreign Policy] – After months of negotiations, a compromise was reached and the bike racks were moved to a more convenient, and covered, location near the main entrance to the U.N. headquarters. Charbonneau praised a small group of U.N. officials who worked hard to accommodate the bicyclists. But the peace didn’t last.
Late last month, U.N. security guards blocked Charbonneau from bringing his bike onto the U.N. premises, saying they had been instructed not to allow bikes into the main entrance. “I told them let’s walk over the 50 yards and I’ll show you the bike racks,” he said. “They refused.” Again, Charbonneau protested the new restrictions, and the U.N. informed the security guards that bikes could in fact be parked in the new bike rack.
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