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Permanent Mission of Spain to the UN
“Encounter of Civilizations: Ibn
Khaldun”
An exhibit about the life and work of Ibn
Khaldun, one of the great Arab-Muslim thinkers and historians,
highlighting the current discussions on cultural
misunderstandings and cross-cultural exchange.
[Press
release] [ Location: Main Gallery ]
18 December 2006 –
1 February 2007
Goethe-Institut Palermo and the UN Department of Public Information
Weltanschaung: Visions of the
World
An anthology by international artists,
philosophers, Literature Nobel Laureates, statesmen and
spiritual leaders.
[Location: North East Gallery
]
1 December 2006 –
9 January 2007
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region / Government of Brazil / Brazil Ministry of Health / UNAIDS
Drawing It Out
The 1st international
HIV/AIDS cartoon exhibition by graphic artists from around the
world, marking the 25th anniversary of the first reported
cases of AIDS.
[Press
release] [Location: South Gallery ]
18 January 2006 –
15 February 2007
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations / UN Department of Public Information
Burundi: From Conflict to
Peacebuilding
A photographic exhibition
highlighting the achievements of the United Nations Operation
in Burundi (ONUB).
[Press
release] [Location: South Gallery ]
Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma / UN Department of Public Information
A two-part exhibition in observance of the annual
International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of
the Holocaust –
a) The Holocaust Against the
Roma and Sinti and present day racism in
Europe;
b) Remembrance and Beyond: Art of
the Survivors – an exhibit featuring artwork by Holocaust
survivors Joseph Bau, Henny de Brito, David Friedman and Hanka
Kornfeld-Marder.
[Press
release] [Main Gallery ]
12 February –
31 March
CARE / Hewlett-Packard
I am Powerful: A Celebration of Women’s
Potential
A photographic exhibition featuring the
work of photographs from around the world, showing the
important role the empowerment of women plays in alleviating
poverty in the developing world.
[Press
release] [Location: North East Gallery ]
26 February –
2 April
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / UN Department of Public Information
Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over
Slavery
An exhibition showing the cultural,
political, economic and social practices that enslaved
Africans developed while enduring the dehumanizing conditions
of slavery.
[Press
release] [Location: South Gallery ]
28 February –
15 March
UNICEF
Women and children: The Double Dividend of
Gender Equality
A photographic exhibition
featuring the 2007 State of the World’s Children report on
gender equality coinciding with the 51st session of the
Commission on the Status of Women.
[Press
release] [Location: Main Gallery ]
WHO / Stop TB Partnership / UN Messenger of Peace Programme
A World Free of TB
A photographic
exhibition designed to raise awareness of the worldwide
pandemic of TB featuring photographs by James
Nachtwey.
[Press
release] [ Location: Main Gallery ]
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) / UNICEF
Enduring Fear
A photographic exhibition
in observance of the International Day for Mine Awareness and
Assistance in Mine Action (4 April).
[Press
release] [Location: North East Gallery ]
30 April – 21 May
Aegis Trust UK / UN Department of Public Information
Learning from Rwanda: The UN and the
Prevention of Genocide
A photographic exhibition
marking the 13th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda (7
April).
[Location: South Gallery ]
World Press Photo Foundation / Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN
World Press Photo 07
A photographic
exhibition featuring the winning images of the annual World
Press Photo contest.
[Press
release] [Location: Main Gallery ]
14 May – 21 August
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Indigenous Exhibit
Photographic and art
exhibition by and about indigenous groups to coincide with the
6th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues.
[Press
release] [Location: North East Gallery ]
14 May – 16 June
National Geographic
All Roads Film Project / Photography
Program
Features photographs and films by and
about indigenous groups to coincide with the 6th session of
the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
[Press
release] [Location: North East Gallery ]
29 May – 1 August
UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations / UN Department of Public Information
Courage for Peace
A photographic
exhibit marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers (29
May) with panels and text on the lives of individual
peacekeepers.
[Press
release] [Location: South Gallery ]
Office of Outer Space Affairs / German Aerospace Center / Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN
A New Perspective on Mars
Photo
exhibition on Mars Exploration and its linkage to the work of
the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space.
[Press
release] [Location: Main Gallery ]
High School of Art and Design / UNA-USA of New York
Global Awareness Project on
Diseases
Artwork by students of the High School of
Art and Design in New York City.
[Location: North East
Gallery ]
19 July – 27 August
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN / Korean Craft Promotion Foundation
Traditional Korean Crafts
A collection
of arts and crafts found in a traditional Korean
household.
[Press
release] [Location: Main Gallery ]
US Fund for UNICEF / Japan Quality Assurance Organization / The International Certification Network
International Children’s Drawing Contest on the
Environment
An exhibition of artwork by winners of
the annual drawing contest on the theme “Protect Our
Nature”.
[Location: South Gallery ]
1– 28 September
American Friends of the Parents Circle / Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN
Offering Reconciliation
An exhibition
of ceramic bowls designed by 135 prominent Palestinian and
Israeli artists in support of the Parents’ Circle’s
educational work and message of reconciliation.
[Press
release] [Press
Conference] [Location: North East Gallery ]
UNEP
UNEP 16th International Children’s Painting
Competition on the Environment
An exhibit
featuring 62 of the winning entries of the painting
competition focussing on the topic of climate
change.
[Location: South Gallery ]
14 September –
2 December
American Museum of Natural History
Water
A groundbreaking exhibition
focusing on water, one of the most important natural resources
we have, and the life it supports.
[Press release] [Location: Main Gallery
]
UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs
We Can End Poverty
An exhibit in
observance of the International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty, featuring artwork by winners of a children’s art
competition.
[Press
release] [Location: South Gallery ]
29 October –
18 November
UNODC
Human Trafficking: Images of
Vulnerability
An exhibit on the Global Initiative
to Fight Human Trafficking leading up to the International
Forum against Human Trafficking in Vienna (27-20 November
2007).
[Press
release] [Location: North East Gallery ]
26 October –
mid-November
UNEP
Polar Experiences
An
exhibition of photographs based on the book by Sebastian
Copeland and selected paintings from UNEP’s 16th International
Children’s Painting Competition on the
Environment.
[Press
release] [Location: South Gallery ]
UN Department of Political Affairs
Palestine: A Continuing
Legacy
An exhibit of Palestinian traditional
costumes and embroidery highlighting the International Day of
Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
[Press release]
[Location: North East Gallery ]
UN Department of Public Information
Human Rights Cartoon Exhibit
A
cartoon exhibit in observance of the 60th anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(2008).
[Location: Main Gallery ]
17 December –
mid-February 2008
Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN
Antarctica: On Thin
Ice
Installation of an outdoor ice bridge and
indoor exhibit of photographs on effects of climate
change.
[Note
to Correspondents] [Location: North East Gallery
]
Please note that the exhibit dates are subject to change. Call the Exhibits Unit at (212) 963-8531 or (212) 963-0089 to confirm dates prior to your visit to the UN.
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