January-December 2007

19 December

1540 Committee [new site is launched.]

17 December

Lessons from Rwanda [new site is launched.]

14 December

In Memoriam: In remembrance of those members of the United Nations Family killed in Algiers [ took place on 11 December]

06 December

Human Rights Day [observed on 10 December]

28 November

World AIDS Day [observed on 1 December]

25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

01 November

Launch of MDG Monitor

22 October

United Nations Day [observed on 24 October]

28 September

International Day of Non-Violence [observed on 2 October]

21 September

Newly Selected Messengers of Peace: Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Daniel Barenboim, Paulo Coelho, and Midori Goto

19 September

"The Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change" [UN Headquarters, New York, 24 September]

19 September

United Nations Messengers of Peace [new site]

18 September

International Day of Peace [observed on 21 September]

17 September

Opening of the 62nd Session of the General Assembly on 18 September 2007

14 September

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches the Millennium Development Goals Africa Steering Group with major development partners

4 September

60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference: “Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All” [UNHQ New York, 5-7 September]


16 August

Fourth anniversary of the attack on the UN in Baghdad [observed on 19 August]

8 August

International Day of the World's Indigenous People [observed on 9 August]

3 August

Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change


2 July

MDG Report 2007: "Halfway to a 2015 deadline, there has been clear progress towards implementing the Millennium Development Goals"


27 June

2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit: "Facing Realities: Getting Down to Business" [Geneva, Switzerland, 5-6 July 2007] - Live webcast

27 June

ECOSOC 2007 High-Level Segment: first Annual Ministerial Review and launch of the Development Cooperation Forum [Geneva, Switzerland, 2-5 July 2007] - Live webcast

15 June

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought [observed on 17 June]


24 May

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers [observed on 29 May]

16 May

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [observed on 17 May]

2 May

World Press Freedom Day [observed on 3 May]


30 April

Committee on Information [30 April-11 May 2007]

23 April

First United Nations Global Road Safety Week [23-29 April]


30 March Opening for signature of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol
23 March International Day for the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade [observed on 25 March]
22 March World Water Day [observed on 22 March]
1 March International Women's Day [observed on 8 March]

21 February New web site for the Security Council Sanctions Committees
16 February International Mother Language Day [observed on 21 February]
16 February United Nations Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook

31 January New site for the United Nations Member States
25 January International Day in memory of the victims of the Holocaust [observed at UNHQ on 29 January]
18 January ECOSOC: meetings for 2007
11 January Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UNHQ [Archived webcast, 48 minutes ]
10 January World demographic trends - Report of the Secretary-General [PDF, 149KB]
10 January World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007
1 January Site of the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon


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