U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan has agreed to let Sydney Pollack shoot his upcoming Universal Pictures/Working Title/Misher Films project "The Interpreter" inside the United Nations in New York, marking the first time a feature film has been allowed to film in the organization's headquarters. Okabe added that officials from the General Assembly and the Security Council also have indicated their approval of the request, meaning that Pollack and his crew will be allowed to shoot inside the famed General Assembly, the building's most recognizable setting, which is crucial to some of the film's key moments. The physical setting and the sense of history and event that come from standing almost any place in the U.N.'s corridors and great rooms is impossible to duplicate.

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