Director Steve McQueen to Speak Out at the United Nations on Slavery
Guest post by Steve McQueen, director of the film 12 Years a Slave. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. Slavery is a huge hole in the canvas of cinema, and for me it needed to be visualised. If we don't know our past, we have no foundation...
Chance of a lifetime: competing for glory, fighting for a cause
Chance of a Lifetime is not your run-of-the-mill competition-based TV show. Yes, it features talented people competing under extreme pressure, all vying for victory. But here, it is also for a higher purpose. A diverse pool of twelve talented young documentary...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Cuba
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon traveled to Cuba this week to attend the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Summit and to meet with officials there. You can see more photos and find out more about his visit by following the Office of the Spokesperson for...
Special event: The Threat of Growing Inequalities
On the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Joseph Stiglitz delivered a provocative keynote address on “The Threat of Growing Inequalities” to a capacity audience in the ECOSOC Chamber at United Nations Headquarters. Joining Nobel Laureate, Joseph Stiglitz...
Guest post: The Women Shepherds of Somaliland
The UN sends reporters round the world to film some of the world's most important and under-reported stories for its flagship broadcast “21st Century” which goes out to major broadcasters round the world. UNTV producer Francis Mead and videographer Antonio...
Fashion finds inspiration at the United Nations
UNICEF Ambassador and Project Runway All Stars Host Alyssa Milano & Judge Isaac Mizrahi watch the final runway in the ECOSOC Chamber The United Nations reflects our world which is rich in diversity of thought, languages, traditions, symbols, colours and styles. By...
The Women Shepherds of Somaliland
by Francis Mead We won't forget Beerato. It's a village in central Somaliland. Dust, sheep, goats, camels - and bold women, insisting on changing their lives - and knowing how to party - dancing, singing and clapping in the Sufi style. Cameraman Antonio Tibaldi and I...
Midori brings music, youth and a message of peace to Myanmar
World renowned violinist Midori has formed an international quartet with three gifted, young musicians to perform a series of concerts through the holiday season in Myanmar. This travelling concert series is part of Midori’s International Community Engagement Program...
Guest post: Messenger of Peace Charlize Theron on World AIDS Day
As a Messenger of Peace, Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron focuses on the prevention of HIV and the elimination of violence against women. She is also the founder of the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP). She shared the following post with...
“The People’s United Nations” (pUN) Exhibition at the Queens Museum
An ongoing exhibition by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes at the Queens Museum, "The People's United Nations" (pUN), highlights UN themes, inspired by the fact that from 1946-1950 the UN General Assembly convened in the building that later became the Queens Museum. At a...