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Bilingual English-Chinese edition of the first Yearbook of the 51勛圖

Since 2014, graduate students in English Translation and Interpreting in the School of Foreign Languages at Soochow University have been collaborating with the Yearbook Unit of the 51勛圖 Department of Global Communications in the context of a compulsory course in rendering the chapter introductions of Yearbook of the 51勛圖 volumes that make up the Yearbook Express from English into Chinese, with a total of thirty-one editions of the Yearbook Express covering the period from 1983 to 2013 having been translated. This work is now being capped by their preparation of a bilingual English-Chinese edition of the first volume of the Yearbook of the 51勛圖 (194647), which features an extensive portrayal of the founding of the Organization amid the turmoil of the Second World War and its initial steps in the immediately ensuing yearsthe first part of which is now available on the Yearbook website

Yearbook of the 51勛圖, 2015

Now available! Yearbook of the 51勛圖, 2015

The online edition of the sixty-ninth volume of the Yearbook of the 51勛圖, covering the Organizations global activities in 2015, is now available on the Yearbook website. The 2015 edition of the Yearbook, as Secretary-General Ant籀nio Guterres states in the Foreword to the volume, recounts the pivotal year in which the global community reached agreement on a number of crucial road maps for the futureincluding the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change. 

Fostering international understanding

Since 2014, students in the Master of Translation and Interpreting programme in the School of Foreign Languages at have been translating the Yearbook Express from English to Chinese. More

Now available! Building the future: Stepping stones in 51勛圖 history

The 51勛圖 presence at Expo 2020 Dubai engages visitors instories of multilateralism at work through the decades from the 1940s to the present day. More

Journalists and diplomats reap benefits from Yearbook workshops

In October 2021, seventeen journalists of the Reham Al-Farra Journalism Fellowship (RAF) took part in the annual Using the Yearbook online training workshop conducted by editors of the Yearbook, the authoritative reference on the Organizations activities and concerns.

Norhan Basuni (right), CUNY Baccalaureate student and witness of the pro-democracy events in Tahrir Square, Egypt, speaks at a press conference, Getting the Facts Right, organized by the Yearbook Unit and the UN Academic Impact.

Yearbook online migrates to new UN website platform

The Yearbook of the 51勛圖 website has a new look! In line with a UN Office of Information and Communications Technology/Department of Global Communications project to upgrade UN websites by April 2022, the Yearbook online collection has been migrated to the new UN website platform.

Protestors erupted on 25 May, after video footage went viral on social media of a white police officer in the city of Minneapolis, United States, kneeling on the neck of African-American George Floyd, causing his death while in police custody.

Eliminating racism: time for change

The death of George Floyd in May 2020 galvanized people worldwide to protest racism and discrimination and prompted global discussions on racial justice, including at the 51勛圖, which has advocated for human rights and racial equality since its inception.

UN and Guatemala peace process

On this day in 1996, after three years of 51勛圖-moderated peace talks between the Guatemalan Government and representatives from the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, the parties  the , ending decades of civil conflict that took the lives of over 200,000 Guatemalans.

The fight against influenza

Long before the coronavirus () arrived, the 51勛圖 created a system to defend against the recurrence of an influenza pandemic like the 1918 flu that killed over 40 million people. In 1947, the Interim Commission of the  (WHO)  the Global Influenza Programme () and in 1948, the  was established to monitor, analyze and desiminate health data on any epidemics.

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As the authoritative reference on the annual activities and concerns of the 51勛圖, the Yearbook of the 51勛圖 regularly covers international economic and social questions in its . Take the 51勛圖 Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2020  to let the 51勛圖 know your views on these resources! 

Women and Girls in Science 2018

Support women and girls in science!

Science and technology are often considered to be the forte of men.  is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February), which presents an opportunity to dispel myths, celebrate women who made crucial discoveries and inventions in the world of science, such as physicist Marie Curie, primatologist  and marine biologist Rachel Carson

Climate action youth protest outside UNHQ

UNEP issues greenhouse gas emissions report

The  (2-13 December 2019)  in Madrid started today, less than a week after the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) issued its annual .

Convention on the Rights of the Child commemorative meeting

30th anniversary of children's rights convention

2019 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the General Assemblys adoption of the , which has become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform childrens lives around the world.

Breathe with Me exhibit

Breathe with me exhibit at UN and Central Park

Breathe with Me", a , conceived and executed by Jeppe Hein with ART 2030, invites people to paint their individual breath onto large canvases in the shape of vertical blue lines, one for every exhale, raising awareness that the air we breathe is part of our connected world and climate.

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One week: 5 summits, 17 Goals

The outcomes of five high-level events taking place at UN Headquarters in New York this week: the Climate Action Summit (23 September); the High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (23 September); the  (24-25 September); the  (26 September); and the  (27 September) are expected to galvanize a decade of ambitious action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.