DESA has a new website
Much more than a mere face-lift, the new Department of Economic and Social Affairs website features technological enhancements.
SG releases first report on disability inclusion in the UN system
The 2020 report presents the system-wide efforts and collective commitments towards achieving transformative and lasting change for persons with disabilities within the Organization.
Tempus, a temporary conference facility, opens at UN Geneva!
The temporary infrastructure for conferences has been conceived to best answer the needs for conferences and meetings during the Strategic Heritage Plan renovation of the Palais des Nations.
UN-EU agreement strengthens cooperation in peace operations
On 29 September 2020, the Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, Atul Khare, and the head of the European Union Delegation to the UN, Ambassador Olof Skoog, signed an agreement to strengthen operational cooperation in international peace operations and crisis management.
World leaders commit to advance gender equality at UNGA
"It starts with the equal representation of women in leadership positions, in governments, boardrooms, in climate negotiations, and at the peace table – everywhere decisions are taken."
UN World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
"For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war." Listen to Secretary-General António Guterres.
Join storytime online for International Day of the Girl
Celebrate girls and women’s rights on the International Day of the Girl by joining UN Publications for a live storytime on Sunday, 11 October at 10 am EST (New York).
UN's new Global COVID-19 Gender Response Tracker
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in at least 27 million cases and over 900,000 deaths worldwide according to the . Despite women’s enormous contributions to mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis is threatening to erase decades of progress for women and girls.
UN System-wide MEDEVAC Task Force aids COVID-19 response
In response to the pandemic, the Organization needed to support its personnel and partners so they could stay in their duty stations and deliver. To ensure the availability of potentially life-saving care to those who fall seriously ill with COVID-19, the Secretary-General established the UN System-wide COVID-19 MEDICAL EVACUATION Task Force, led by AnneMarie Van Den Berg, within the Department of Operational Support.
Meet Ghada Waly, the first woman to lead UNODC
Ghada Waly is the first woman, first Arab and first African to lead the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, a position which she took up in February 2020. She is also Director‑General of the UN Office at Vienna. Prior to joining the 51³Ô¹Ï, Dr. Waly was Minister of Social Solidarity in Egypt.
Peace Is My Mission: Celebrating women in UN field missions
In UN missions around the world, women serving in civilian, military, police and justice and corrections roles make an indelible impact in creating peace. Will you join us?​ .
Annual Report of Secretary-General on Work of the Organization
Annual Report of Secretary-General on Work of the Organization.
UN translators, unsung heroes of multilateral diplomacy
Today, on International Translation Day, we are celebrating the key role that the translation services have played during the COVID-19 pandemic in upholding multilingualism at the 51³Ô¹Ï.
Rethinking our meals
Today is the inaugural International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Delegates from Permanent Missions marked the day with a visit to a food bank in Brooklyn.