Update on the Girl With a Book Initiative

Update on the Girl With a Book Initiative

“The terrorists showed what frightens them most: a girl with a book.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yusufzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl injured in an assassination attempt on her way home from school in October 2012.  Thank you to...

Visit from former Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Visit from former Secretary-General Kofi Annan

On Monday, former Secretary-General and UN-African Union Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan was at UN Headquarters to sign copies of his book Interventions: A Life in War and Peace. The discussion he had with Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is available online for...

Happy new year!

Happy new year!

Now that 2013 is in full swing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been meeting with staff in the newly-renovated Secretariat building to wish them a happy new year.  Today he stopped by one of the floors occupied by staff of  Department of Public Information,...