UNESCO / SHARJA AWARD 2013
Algerian Mustafa Cherif and the Arab British Centre in the United Kingdom received the 2013 UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture on Thursday (25 April), in Paris. UNESCO
Algerian Mustafa Cherif and the Arab British Centre in the United Kingdom received the 2013 UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture on Thursday (25 April), in Paris. UNESCO
In Lebanon as a Syrian refugee, once a player on the Syrian national team, Tareq Al Awaychi revives his dream of playing and coaching football. UNHCR
The United Nations human rights chief, professional footballers who experienced racism, and an official from FIFA came together today (21 March) to call the elimination of racism in sports, particularly in football. CH UNTV
Motorists and pedestrians make their way home or run errands as darkness falls in Mogadishu – once referred to as 'the most dangerous city in the world'. The once deserted streets of the Somali capital are now a hive of activity, with shops and restaurants doing brisk business in various parts of the city well [...]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells the 5th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations today inViennathat when discriminatory attitudes "are left unchallenged, racists feel empowered". UNTV
A UN Volunteer from Nigeria brought the idea of recycling bottles into useful and beautiful objects from his previous job with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He set up a project through which young people are now transforming between four and five thousand bottles each week. MINUSTAH
The Vatican announced today that Pope Benedict XVI will shortly resign for health reasons. Five years ago he visited the United Nations at the invitation of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. FILE
The United Nations today started offering its first visitors’ tours of UN headquarters in New York tailored specifically to children. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and actress Monique Coleman, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, attended the launch. UNTV
UNESCO says it will send a mission to Mali to assess damage to the World Heritage sites in Timbuktu and Gao, help with repairs and assist in capacity building for the community that has guarded ancient treasures for thousands of years. UNESCO / FILE
Haunted by violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, children relieve their pain through art. UNICEF