UN offices brief Georgetown students on food insecurity
Washington, DC, 3 March 2023 – This morning, the UN Information Center in Washington participated in a joint student briefing with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Liaison Office for North America at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Head of UN South Sudan mission meets with partners in Washington
Washington, DC, 27 February 2023 - Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), was in Washington, DC, today, to discuss the current situation in South Sudan with key interlocutors.
UNAIDS leaders discuss global HIV response in Washington
Washington, DC, 24 February 2023 – Today Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, participated in “PEPFAR at 20”, an event marking 20 years of US President George W. Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The event was hosted by the George W. Bush Institute at the United States Institute of Peace.
UN and State Department brief students in Washington on global inequality
Washington, DC, 22 February 2023 – Yesterday evening, the UN Information Center in Washington joined forces with the US Department of State to brief students on the importance of tackling global inequality.
UN Deputy Secretary-General visits Washington, calls for increased action on sustainable development
Washington, DC, 11 February 2023 - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed left Washington today, following a two-day visit from New York.
UN Secretary-General’s spokesman engages with universities in Washington
Washington, DC, 9 February 2023 – The Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, was in Washington yesterday for engagements with university students. In the morning, he visited Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
UN deepens links with United States’ largest Hispanic Serving Institution
Washington, DC, 8 February 2023 – Florida International University (FIU), one of the largest public universities in the United States, is also the country’s largest Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).
UN report on trafficking in persons launched in Washington
Washington, DC, 1 February 2023 – The seventh edition of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022 was launched in Washington, DC, today, marking the end of the United States’ National Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
UN Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča holds meetings in Washington
Washington, DC, 31 January 2023 – The Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, of the United Nations Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Miroslav Jenča was in Washington, DC, from 30 to 31 January.
UN honors Holocaust survivors and victims in New York and Washington
Washington, DC, 27 January 2023 – The United Nations today held its annual observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
Washington film festival highlights plight of migrants
Washington, DC, 25 January 2023 – The Deputy Director of the United Nations Information Center in Washington, Brenden Varma, today addressed the Global Migration Film Festival.
DC-based students briefed on ‘Our Common Agenda’
Washington, DC, 20 January 2023 – The Deputy Director of the United Nations Information Center in Washington, Brenden Varma, today briefed members of the Graduate Fellows Program (GFP) of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA).