"LEAGUE OF NATIONS"

UNMISS peacekeepers, Government officials and humanitarian and diplomatic partners came together to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. UNMISS

A new era has dawned for researchers of international diplomacy wanting to mine the archives of the United Nations predecessor, the League of Nations. Ten linear kilometres of paper documents have been digitalized, providing unlimited access online to the institutional memory of the League of Nations. UNTV CH

Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department sounded the alarm on three issues: the great vaccine divide, the great finance divide, and climate change in the Fiscal Monitor Report’s press briefing that took place Wednesday in Washington, D.C. IMF

More than 200 works of art from United Nations Geneva have for the first time left the historic Palais des Nations to make the journey across the city to Musée Rath, where they will be on display until 10 October 2021. UNTV CH

Mayerlín Vergara Pérez has made it her life’s mission to help children free themselves from the yoke of sexual violence. In recognition of her work, which now benefits Venezuelan refugees and minors as well as Colombians, she has been named the laureate of the 2020 Nansen Refugee Award, a prestigious annual prize honouring those who go to extraordinary lengths to support forcibly displaced and stateless people. UNHCR

In a statement on behalf of the ten elected members of the Security Council, German ambassador Jürgen Schulz reaffirmed the group’s “constant and unequivocal position” that Israeli settlement activities are “illegal, erode the viability of the two-state solution and undermine the prospect for a just lasting and comprehensive peace.” UNIFEED

For the first time, part of the original manuscript of Tolstoy’s epic novel War and Peace was unveiled amid tight security today in Geneva, where it is to take pride of place in an exhibition helping to mark 100 years of cooperation between nations. UNTV CH

The multilateralism “is more important than ever, and here in Geneva we have a real platform of multilateralism which we can really use,” said Tatiana Valovaya, a newly appointed Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva and the first woman to occupy that position. UNTV CH

President stresses central role of decent work in fighting poverty, inequality, as General Assembly marks International Labour Organization centenary at 74th plenary meeting.

President stresses central role of decent work in fighting poverty, inequality, as General Assembly marks International Labour Organization centenary at 74th plenary meeting.