Best UN Photos of 2009 looks back on a year of tremendous efforts by the United Nations for peace and security, development, human rights and protection of the environment. It features the ongoing peacekeeping operations on four continents that directly affect the lives of about 200 million people, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to the Polar ice rim and much more.
The needs of children pervade the work of the United Nations system. From education programmes and efforts to abolish child labor, exploitation and abuse, from humanitarian help for children in the circumstances of violent conflicts and natural disasters to disease-eradication and anti-discrimination campaigns, the UN strives to protect children's human rights all over the world.