To mark the Geospatial Information Systems Day, celebrated on 18 November, the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) launched the new United Nations Geospatial website at www.un.org/geospatial.

As the UN celebrates its 75th anniversary, a team of archivists in the Department of Global Communications races to preserve its audiovisual heritage.

With UN entities noting the urgent need for guidance on the use of data, the UN Privacy Policy Group developed the Joint Statement on Data Protection and Privacy in Response to COVID-19.

The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) is pleased to announce the launch of UN Crypto Stamps – connecting a new generation of United Nations stamps with blockchain technology. The stamps in the denominations of $7.75, CHF 8 and €7 feature a unique design of the UN Headquarters Buildings in New York, Geneva and Vienna, and were printed by Royal Joh. Enschedé of The Netherlands.

Find even more open access content in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library catalogue. Just look for the pink PDF icons in your results list to instantly retrieve scholarly articles.

Quelque que soit le media que nous consultons, nous entendons ou lisons souvent des reportages sur le Conseil de sécurité. Les discussions houleuses et passionnées dans la salle du Conseil, les résolutions historiques sur les points importants touchant au développement, à la paix et la sécurité dans le monde, font souvent la Une.

Whether we are scrolling through our digital newsfeeds, watching TV or reading newspapers, we are bound to hear or read about the United Nations Security Council. Heated discussions in the Council chamber or, more recently, in open videoconferences, as well as historic resolutions on important developments affecting peace and security around the world, often make headlines.

Global antibiotic resistance is a growing threat in which disease-causing bacteria develop the ability to resist the drugs designed to kill them.

Contagious, fast-spreading diseases do not respect borders and therefore require international cooperation to prevent their spread. Visit a new online exhibit to learn more.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library has launched a new annual series entitled Why it Matters.

Our first volume in the series, 75 Milestones in International Cooperation, chronicles pivotal moments that have shaped the history of the United Nations and our world over the past 75 years.