Twitter updates: underground nuclear weapon test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
In addition to our UN Twitter account (@UN), where can you get Twitter updates on the underground nuclear weapon test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Tuesday, 12 February 2013? CTBTO Executive...
Highlights from Brussels, Gaza, Geneva, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi 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! In...
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...
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...