7 questions for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
As the United Nations gears up for what is shaping up to be one of the busiest general debate seasons ever – with over 120 world leaders in...
Photos: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sesame Street
This week Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held the first "bilateral meeting" of this General Assembly session with a very unusual diplomat -- Kami, a HIV-positive Muppet from Takalani Sesame, the South African version of Sesame Street, in order to raise global awareness...
Remembering Dag Hammarskjöld
51 years ago today, 18 September, Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died in service to the UN. We remember him today and always. Prior to taking up his posts as Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson discussed the legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld on the 50th anniversary...
67th Session of the UN General Assembly starts on Tuesday!
World leaders will make history this month at the UN. We'll be watching and using this blog to help you find out what's happening at the 67th session of the General Assembly. To get you started, here are some quick...
Meet the 1st-ever winners of the Forest Heroes Award
Ahead of the upcoming launch of the 2nd round of the Forest Heroes Award, given by the United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat, take a look at these new videos featuring the first-ever group of honoruees talking about their work: Forest Heroes award winner - Paul...
Social media highlights from Bali, Costa Rica, Zambia and more
Here’s a selection of behind-the-scenes photos posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. We’ve also included some photos taken by fans and followers. Thank you to all who contributed!...
Social media highlights from Haiti, North Korea, Italy and more!
Here’s a selection of behind-the-scenes photos posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. We’ve also included some photos taken by fans and followers. Thank you to all who contributed!...
Delivering justice — 20 days of images of rule of law at work around the world
Ahead of September's High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law, we've created a special new board on our United Nations Pinterest Account: Rule of Law. Whether it's building courthouses, training judges and prosecutors, issuing birth certificates, being a landowner,...
Our round-up of social media highlights from the past week
Here’s a selection of behind-the-scenes photos posted on UN social media accounts from around the UN system over the past few weeks and shared with our social media team. We’ve also included some photos taken by fans and followers. Thank you to all who contributed!...
Ban Ki-moon at Red Cross Operation VISTA 50-year reunion
50 years ago this month UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon traveled to the US with the American Red Cross as a young Korean to learn the value of service. He wrote about that 1962 experience this week in this USA TODAY article. During that trip, he and other young...