Now on view
Indigenous Peoples and Food Sovereignty
8 May – 30 June 2012
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With Me Are 6 Million Accusers: The Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem
19 April – 31 May 2012
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UN Common Cause
4 April – 31 May 2012
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Honouring the Heroes, Resisters and Survivors
27 March– 31 May 2012
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8 May – 30 June 2012
Indigenous Peoples and Food Sovereignty
DESCRIPTION
Indigenous Peoples and Food Sovereignty marks the eleventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, at Headquarters, from 7 to 18 May, 2012.
The exhibit presents indigenous peoples’ right to food sovereignty, a concept defined as the right of indigenous peoples to determine their own policies and strategies for the sustainable production, distribution and consumption of food, according to their cultures and traditional systems. Artworks, photographs and films, showcased convey the concept of food sovereignty and how it is closely linked to other rights, including food security, self-determination, maintenance of cultural identity, health and well-being.
Also on display is “The Art of Balgo Hills — A Celebration of Contemporary Indigenous Culture”, a collection of 26 contemporary paintings and etchings. This collection offers vivid illustration of the deep and profound connection between the environment of Balgo Hills, in Western Australia, and the culture of its indigenous people.
WHERE
United Nations Headquarters, Visitors Lobby, North-east Gallery.
SPONSORED BY
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Public Information and the NGO Committee on the United Nations International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples; Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations
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19 April – 31 May 2012
With Me Are 6 Million Accusers: The Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem
DESCRIPTION
This exhibition was produced by the Museums Division of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem. It includes photographs, newspaper clippings, works of art and original film footage of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who played a crucial role in the practical execution of a master plan to systematically concentrate and deport millions of European Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust. International media coverage of the 1961 court hearing in Jerusalem, which included testimony by Holocaust survivors, captured public attention around the globe and was considered a turning point in Holocaust history.
The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme was established by General Assembly resolution 60/7 in 2006 to further education about and remembrance of the Holocaust so as to help prevent future acts of genocide. Its multifaceted programme includes online and print educational products, seminars, a film series and the annual worldwide observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust each 27 January.
WHERE
United Nations Headquarters, Visitors Lobby, Main Gallery
SPONSORED BY
Canadian Society for Yad Vashem
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4 April – 31 May 2012
UN Common Cause
DESCRIPTION
This year's commemoration of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April) will highlight the work of the mine action sector to save lives and protect livelihoods and celebrate the vigorous movement towards the United Nations vision of a world free from the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war.
Long after wars and other hostilities end, landmines and unexploded ordnance – including bombs, mortars, grenades and missiles – inflict pain and suffering on millions of people, often women and children in the world’s poorest areas.
This multimedia exhibition showcases the global impact of mine action work and how it saves lives and livelihoods in over 40 countries where the UN operates. It includes photos taken in 2011 by Giovanni Diffidenti, photojournalist and Marco Grob, photographer, who documented the work of the United Nations Mine Action Team in Libya, Afghanistan, and Cambodia. The exhibit also includes portraits of victims, videos from the UN Mine Action Team, and educational models of landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive devices.
The aim is to raise awareness about the continued impact of landmines and unexploded ordnance in over 70 countries and the continued UN efforts to fight this scourge.
WHERE
United Nations Headquarters, Visitors Lobby, Main Gallery B.
SPONSORED BY
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Department of Peacekeeping Operation.
PRESS RELEASE
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Lend your Leg: worldwide campaign to raise awareness against landmines
Message of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
27 March – 31 May 2012
"Honouring the Heroes, Resisters and Survivors," an exhibition on Slave Trade
DESCRIPTION
A multimedia exhibition to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25 March) opened on Tuesday, 27 March.
This year’s theme “Honouring the Heroes, Resisters and Survivors” of the Transatlantic Slave Trade aims to pay tribute to the brave men and women who valiantly fought against the inhumane practices of slavery. “This observance forces us to confront human beings at their worst. But, in those who opposed slavery then and now, we also celebrate people at their best,” says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
This exhibit will showcase a retrospective on the scope and abolition of the slave trade with maps, photographs, illustrations and narratives. It will be presented at United Nations Headquarters for the first time prior to travelling to a number of United Nations Information Centres around the world. Also featured is a sculpture by Haitian-American artist Alex Locadia, as well as original books, documents, illustrated newspapers and artefacts from the private collection of the New York African American Historical Society, the Mark E. Mitchell Collection, The Freeman Institute Black History Collection. A collection of radio features produced by United Nations Radio on the slave trade from the African Diaspora will be accessible via listening stations in the gallery.
WHERE
United Nations Headquarters, Visitors Lobby, Main Gallery.
SPONSORED BY
Presented by the Permanent Representatives of the African Group and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassadors’ Caucus, in association with the United Nations Department of Public Information.
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Listen to UN Radio Report on the exhibit opening and the Transatlantic Slave Trade