Police standoff with armed man outside UN
Live news video showed a heavy police presence outside the fence around the compound on Manhattan's East Side as the man paced back and forth.
Police were trying to establish a dialog with the man, who appeared to be his 60s, a New York Police Department spokesman said.
Traffic was being diverted from the area, the NYPD tweeted.
"There is currently NO THREAT to the public," it said.