Recap from UN Social Media Day
Thanks to everyone who took part in Social Media Day! The global response was amazing. So far, more than 9,000 tweets have used the #SocialUN hashtag. You can see more tweets, photos and videos from the day in this Storify compilation. You can now watch the five...
UN Social Media Day: schedule and more
The first “UN Social Media Day” will take place at UN Headquarters in Conference Room 3 on Friday 30 January 2015. All are invited to join the conversation online by using the hashtag of the day: #SocialUN! Anyone with a UN grounds pass is welcome to stop by for one...
Detroit – water not flowing
by Francis Mead Motown = Motor City = famous artists = cars = shut-off water supplies = UN = human rights. Huh? Detroit combines all of the above. Two UN human rights reporters – officially they’re called “Special Rapporteurs” - visited the Michigan city recently,...
Preserving the Forests in the Solomon Islands
by Gill Fickling Eight pm on a Friday evening. My skype pings with an incoming message. It’s my cameraman/fixer, Wade Fairley, in the Solomon Islands where I’m due to be joining him the following Monday to shoot two stories for “21st Century”. There’s been a...
2015: Time for Global Action
“2015 can and must be the time for global action”. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations In 2015, the world has an historic opportunity to chart a new era of sustainability, building on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs...
Mark your calendars: UN “Social Media Day” is coming
We are excited to announce that the first "Social Media Day" at the United Nations in New York will take place on 30 January 2015. The one-day event is jointly organized by the UN Department of Public Information's Social Media Team, the Consulate General of Canada,...
Fight against transphobia and homophobia highlighted in Vienna
Eurovision song contest winner Conchita Wurst got most of the headlines at a special event in Vienna on 3 November highlighting the need for for respect and tolerance for everyone, but a staff member, pictured above, also got an important shout out. "I am proud...
illUmiNations: Protecting our Planet
To kick off this week's United Nations Climate Summit, hundreds gathered outside United Nations Headquarters to watch a special event on Saturday evening, 20 September, called illUmiNations: Protecting our Planet. The facades of the United Nations General Assemblyand...
Recap for Thursday at the UN General Assembly and what’s still to come
The busiest week of the year continued on Thursday at UN Headquarters and we used our social media platforms to report on the events. Below are some highlights. See all our behind the scenes photos in our Flickr gallery. "We come together today in solidarity with...