Interview: Visitors to Expo 2025 appreciate positive vision of UN
Visitors to Expo 2025, a world fair in Osaka, Japan, appreciate the “positive vison” of a shared global future promoted by the United Nations, according to Naomi Ichikawa, Director of the UN Pavilion.
80 Years of the UN Charter: Why It Matters More Than Ever
This video, featuring historian Stephen Schlesinger, marks the 80th anniversary of that historic moment and explores the origins, vision, and enduring relevance of the UN Charter.
United Nations Singers Summer Concert 2025
A Joyful Celebration of Global Harmony: United Nations Singers Summer Concert 2025
OCHA publishes Annual Report for 2024
Published today, the 2024 Annual Report of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs covers a daunting year for millions of people – and the deadliest for the humanitarian system.
UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny
Online communities known collectively as the “manosphere” are emerging as a serious threat to gender equality, as toxic spaces increasingly influence real-world attitudes, behaviours, and policies.
Preserving the Past: Security Council Supplements Online
As part of its mandate to preserve and provide access to historical UN documents, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed the digitization of an important series of Security Council documents.
How LGBTIQ+ communities are bridging divides in Cyprus and Kosovo
For the UN peacekeeping missions in Kosovo and Cyprus, advancing the rights of LGBTIQ+ people has become not only a human rights imperative, but a concrete strategy for building trust.
Africa Day at the High-Level Political Forum
https://www.un.org/osaa/hlpf-2025-africa-day
Learn more about the International Day of Yoga
“Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.”
UN Stamps focus on glacier preservation
The UN Postal Administration has issued a special event sheet to highlight the importance of glacier preservation.
Member State military and police meet on peacekeeping training
The Military and Police Advisory Committee, composed of Member State military and police capacities, recently convened on technology and the United Nations C4ISR Academy for Peace Operations.
UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close.
Exhibition: 20 Years of the UN Peacebuilding Commission
In 2025, the UN Peacebuilding Commission marks 20 years. An exhibition at UNHQ (16–27 June) will highlight its impact, partnerships, and role in advancing sustainable peace.