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...
In the NBC Revolution Writer’s Room with the UN’s Derk Segaar
Derk Segaar (@DerkSegaar on Twitter) returned to South Sudan with the UN peacekeeping mission there (UNMISS). In his previous stint, between 2004 and 2009, he worked first as a journalist and then for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)....
NYC Exhibit: “UNEARTH”
Updated: UN News Centre Feature story with videos, including a voice-over of a UN photographer describing some of the photos used in the exhibit. Also included are highlights of some the films and posters included in the exhibit. The United Nations and The Gabarron...
Vaccinations are a Life and Death Issue in NBC’s Sci-Fi Drama Revolution
NBC's futuristic drama Revolution is set more than 15 years into a worldwide blackout that has plunged the US into warring factions and a primitive existence. When disaster strikes like this, vaccinations can’t be produced or stored, and killer diseases return. This...
Thank you to our 2 million Twitter followers around the world!
On Tuesday, our @UN Twitter account surpassed the two million follower mark. Thank you to everyone who follows our updates about the UN's work around the world. Did you know the UN has social media accounts in the six official languages? See selected accounts in...
Stark reality of maternal mortality shown on NBC’s Revolution
The post-apocalyptic hit NBC series Revolution takes place 15 years after the lights have gone out around the world. The global blackout has plunged the US into warring factions and a primitive existence. This guest post written by Whitney Showler, who heads Music for...
What is the role of human rights independent experts?
We’ve been receiving lots of comments and questions on social media about the human rights special procedures experts and issues raised recently concerning the Dutch celebration of Black Pete, also known as “Swarte Piet,” which is part of the annual Saint Nicholas...