Highlights from Croatia, Darfur, Haiti, Mali, Somalia, Jordan and more
Here’s a selection of photos and videos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. Thank you to all who contributed! ...
Special visitors to UNHQ — indigenous youth from around the world
Young indigenous people gathered at the UN this week to discuss the challenges they face and to brainstorm strategies to address their situations at the national and international levels. Meet a few of them and hear what they have to say about issues such...
UN Deputy Secretary-General discusses water and sanitation on recent trip to Chile
Last week Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson traveled to Chile where he attended a summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the European Union. While there, he discussed the need accelerating progress on meeting Millennium Development...
Highlights from Kenya, Liberia, South Sudan, Syria, Uruguay and more
Here’s a selection of photos and videos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. Thank you to all who contributed!...
Social media highlights from the Turkey, the Netherlands, Haiti and more
Here’s a selection of photos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. Thank you to all who contributed! Did you know...
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...
Social media highlights from Kenya, Djibouti, Timor-Leste, London & more
Here’s a selection of photos you may have missed posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. Thank you to all who contributed! NBA stars...
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,...
Empowering Women in Zimbabwe
by Mary Ferreira Rosemary Marimo is a woman with purpose. She began prospecting for gold in Musowe, Zimbabwe with her husband 20 years ago. Now, 60 years old, she has been running the business alone. I first met Rosemary when I visited Zimbabwe to produce a feature...
Meet five UN tour guides on Twitter
Have you every wanted to take a tour of the UN? You can now follow five UN tour guides on Twitter. The guides tweet about their daily experiences, general information about the UN and give an inside glimpse at what is happening at the UN Headquarters in New York. Get...