Invitation: Virtual United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony

The 2022 annual commemoration of the International Day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust will be live-streamed worldwide on 27 January at 11:00 a.m. EST.

Out now: 2021 Highlights of Security Council Practice

two masked delegates exchange words

The Security Council progressively returned to pre-pandemic patterns of activity in 2021, adopting 57 resolutions, issuing 24 presidential statements and considering 45 agenda items.

UN “sport for peace” stamps celebrate 2022 Olympic Winter Games

This is the first time that UN Postal Administration has issued stamps for the Olympic Winter Games. The stamps feature hockey players, snowboarders, figure skaters, bobsledders, curlers and skiers.

For OCHA, 2021 was a year of climate action and deepening crises

Launched today, OCHA’s 2021 in Review covers a year in which intensifying conflicts, the pandemic and climatic shocks dramatically increased people’s needs.

UN chief urges that recovery be ‘our resolution for 2022’

Together, let’s make recovery “for people, planet and prosperity” our resolution for 2022, the UN chief said in his message for the New Year.

The year in review from the Security Council and General Assembly

The two flagship products of the Meetings Coverage Section have just been published:  Executive summaries of the work of the Security Council in 2021, and the 76th session of the General Assembly.

28 women graduate from demining training in Sudan

The successful completion of the training is an unprecedented achievement for both mine action and Sudan. Previously, there was only one female deminer in the country.

Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica appointed Chef de Cabinet

Mr. Rattray has served as High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States and Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN.

Ciné-ONU shines a spotlight on women in Afghanistan

To mark Human Rights Day, Ciné-ONU screenings in Vienna and Budapest screened “Parlika”, a documentary about women's rights in Afghanistan.

Interview with Human Rights Council President Nazhat Shameem Khan

After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, Ms. Khan insists that it remains more relevant than ever, citing action on COVID-19 vaccine inequality and climate change.