CHAPTER 7: HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS?
How can I find out more about the UN?
You may wish to contact the United Nations information centre in your country or region (see www.un.org/aroundworld/unics). Information is also available from the Public Inquiries Unit, Room GA-53, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA (fax: 212/963-0071; email: inquiries@un.org; website: www.un.org/geninfo/faq).
United Nations Associations (UNAs), active in more than 100 countries, work to inform the public about the role the UN plays in global affairs.
Daily updated information is available on the UN home page on the Internet (www.un.org), including basic information on the UN system, the latest UN news, press releases, daily highlights, publications, and a virtual tour of UN Headquarters. You may also follow links for information on UN agencies and programmes ("UN system"), the UN Office in Geneva ("About the United Nations"), and much more. And students and teachers may browse the "UN CyberSchoolBus". Virtually all organizations of the UN system are on the web (see www.unsystem.org).
There are also many UN publications available to the general public, providing news, information, and some of the most reliable data on economic and social indices available in the world. You can order UN books and publications online at http://www.un.org/Pubs. For additional assistance, contact:
- United Nations Publications, 2 United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-853, New York, NY 10017, USA. Phone: 212/963-8302 (North America only: 1-800-253-9646). Fax: 212/963-3489. E-mail: publications@un.org;
- United Nations Publications, Sales and Marketing Section, Bureau E-4, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Tel: 41 (22) 917-2614/2600; Orders: 41 (22) 917-2615; Fax: 41 (22) 917-0027 (for subscriptions and standing orders). E-mail: unpubli@unog.ch.
- Or by the Internet, at www.un.org/Pubs.
Nearly a million visitors tour UN Headquarters in New York every year
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How can I support the work of the United Nations?
 The best way to support the UN actively is through the network of non-governmental organizations affiliated with the UN. There are UN Associations in more than 100 countries, often with many local chapters. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has national committees in many countries, spreading awareness about UNICEF's programmes and raising the funds to help make them a reality. Some 3,600 UNESCO clubs, centres and associations in over 90 countries undertake activities in the areas of education, science, culture and communication. Major contact points are the UN information centres and services all over the world.
If you have a skill in such fields as agriculture, medicine, education, information technology, vocational training, the promotion of human rights, industry and population - as well as the necessary flexibility and commitment - the UN Volunteers (UNV) programme may place you, for a one- to two-year period, with an appropriate UN development project in a developing country. Contact UN Volunteers, P.O. Box 260111, D-53153 Bonn, Germany (Tel: 49 (228) 815-2000; Fax: 49 (228) 815-2001; Email: information@unvolunteers.org) or through their website (www.unv.org).
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