UN Meeting 2010

Hi guys,

I'm new here on NYCAviation. My name is Jens Breuer and I'm from Mönchengladbach/Germany (that's about 60km from Cologne).
I'm planning a spotting trip to the United States in 2010 and New York is definitly one airport I will visit. The plan is to visit JFK during the UN Meeting in autumn 2010. I searched on the internet but I couldn't find the exact date of the event. Is it already published and when yes - which days are the most interesting ones from a spotters point of view?
Thank you very much and I'm sure there will be a lot of questions during the next months :D
Cheers,

Jens

Hi Jens, welcome to the site!

I don't know if the dates have been set already, but I'm looking forward to meeting you next year. Some of the other folks here will surely have better information than I.

Nobody has definite information about the exact date?
That's a pity - it's time to book to get a cheap flight on the LH A380 to JFK :borat: ... the A380 to JFK is not official yet - but soon I think it will be published ;)

At this point, I don't know that the UN even has a schedule for next year's GA session - that's still 11 months away. If I had to guess, I would say it will probably open the week of Sept. 20, so the weekend before would be prime spotting, but I don't find anything on their web site calendar yet.

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Originally Posted by moose135

but I don't find anything on their web site calendar yet.

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...that was also my problem but I can't imagine that the date is not fixed. Tomorrow (here in Germany it's almost midnight) I'll search once again ;) Thanks for your help - as soon as you get the exact date, please let me know!

I just got hot information from the UN General Assembly web site team. :borat:
They answered my email as follows:

The dates of the opening and General debate of the General Assembly in 2010 will be as follows:

14 September through 1st October 2010.

Regards,

UN General Assembly web site team
Equipe du site Internet de l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies


It looks like there will be 2 Germans with you next year ... looking forward to a great spotting action!

Cheers, Jens

Hi Jens,

Make sure you are here for the 2nd weekend of those dates, like Moose guessed, otherwise you will be disappointed!

Mark

Hi Jens,
As I mentioned to you before...
Sept 14th Tuesday... Gen Assembly always starts on Tuesday
Sept 17/18/19 Fri/Sat/Sun.... VIPs arrive
Sept 20/21/22 Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu .... speeches by VIPs
Cheers
Raj

That will be great fun! Looking forward to really interesting traffic!
... does anybody have a weatherforecast :mrgreen: