The arrangements cover, for example, physical protection features such as fencing, CCTV and turnstile access, the roles of security guards and officers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC), the protection of proliferation sensitive data and technologies and the trustworthiness (reliability) of the individuals with access to them.

He wondered which specific provision of General Assembly resolution 56 286 on strengthening the security and safety of United Nations premises had given the Secretariat a mandate for the turnstile project, what resources would be required for the issuance of new grounds passes and which section of the budget those resources would be drawn from.

It was also anxious to find out more about the practical and protocol related aspects of the turnstile plans, wondering whether only certain categories of people would be admitted via the turnstiles, or whether Member States' Heads of State or Government, ministers and Permanent Representatives would also be expected to use them, especially while the general debate at the beginning of the General Assembly session was in progress.