United Nations Headquarters

06/12/2012

Your chance to get heard: What is your promise to the children of the world?

If you have a laptop with we**am, it is very easy: You can record your video statement right on that page http://uni.cf/promiseapp

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05/21/2012

Beat the clock and play with your friends! In the new Challenge, you have to prove your knowledge about the Sahel region. The winner gets a t-shirt! Click here: http://uni.cf/sahelchallenge

Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

11/19/2011

Get inspired by talks from both adults and young people. Nearly 100 TEDx events for youth and kids in over 42 countries, happening from November 19th – 21st in English, Arabic, French, Portuguese and many more languages!

11/17/2011

Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today on a visit to Indonesia.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40424&Cr=forest&Cr1

Deforestation not only threatens the planets climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today on a visit to Indonesia.

11/15/2011

Security Council members today strongly condemned the recent attacks against embassies and consular premises in Syria and urged the country’s authorities to meet their international obligations to protect diplomatic and consular property and personnel.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40398&Cr=syria&Cr1

Security Council members today strongly condemned the recent attacks against embassies and consular premises in Syria and urged the countrys authorities to meet their international obligations to protect diplomatic and consular property and personnel.

11/04/2011

A new report on environmental changes using new compilation of statistical data by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is out: http://on.fb.me/undesa

DESA’s mission - to promote development for all - reflects a fundamental concern for equity and equality in countries large and small, developed and developing.

10/31/2011

The International Year of Cooperatives launches today to increase public awareness about cooperatives and their contributions to socio-economic development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and to promote the formation and growth of cooperatives worldwide.

This is the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) 2012 homepage.

10/28/2011

The global financial and economic crisis has now turned into a global jobs crisis, affecting the daily lives of millions of people worldwide:

The international community must urgently consolidate efforts to tackle the global jobs crisis, a top United Nations official said today, calling for countries to adopt a more inclusive growth strategy that can enhance nations productivity and capacity to generate income sources.

10/27/2011

A great resource for NGOs: The civil society has been actively engaged with the UN since its inception in 1945. This brochure contains important information for NGOs to receive a consultative status with the UN:

WorkingUNITED NATIONS with an NGOs Guide to Consultative Status

10/24/2011

UN Day is devoted to highlighting the aims and achievements of the United Nations. Today's UN Day focuses on the many challenges that the world's population hitting 7 billion poses.

A world of 7 billion poses many challenges: in fighting poverty and disease, in securing education and sustainable livelihoods and in mitigating climate change. But this milestone for humanity can also be seen as an opportunity to renew our commitment to work individually and together for a better w...

10/21/2011

Show the World that you support Sustainable Development. Put your self on the map.

Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 4-6, 2012. The Conference will take place in Brazil in 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and ...