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Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, summarizes the outcomes of a week-long UNEP Governing Council in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP
Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, summarizes the outcomes of a week-long UNEP Governing Council in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP
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
The General Assembly has passed a resolution to strengthen the UN Environment Programme headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The agency’s Executive Director Achim Steiner says this was "truly a historic moment." UNEP
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today moved back into his offices on the top floor of the historic UN tower, which he left almost three years ago for a temporary space when the building was gutted for renovation. UNTV / FILE
Briefing reporters on the end of Germany's two-year tenure as a Security Council member this month, Ambassador Peter Wittig said the conflict in Syria was a "depressing showcase" of the Council's failure to employ preventive diplomacy. He also commented on Susan Rice's withdrawal from the race for US Secretary of State. UNTV
United Nations officials today mourned the death of Oscar Niemeyer, a world-renowned Brazilian architect who was also a key figure in the design and building of the world body's headquarters in New York. FILE
The General Assembly today voted to grant Palestine non member observer State status at the United Nations, with 138 for, 9 against, and 41 abstentions. UNTV
The General Assembly is set to vote today on whether to give Palestine non-member observer state status at the United Nations. UNTV
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour told journalists at UN headquarters today that he expected “a large number of countries to vote in favour” on Thursday when the General Assembly decides on a resolution that would recognize Palestine as a non-member state. UNTV
UNAIDS launches the "2012 World AIDS Day Report, and the UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic in Geneva on Tuesday 20 November. UNAIDS