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This year’s Africa Day highlights arts, culture and heritage as levers for building the Africa we want. Africa’s rich and diverse cultural and natural heritage is important for sustainable development, poverty reduction, and building and maintaining peace. It can p

25 May 2021

SG's message on the International Day for  Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

SG MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR 

04 Apr 2021

Three years Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) - Achievements, Challenges and the Way Ahead

29 Mar 2021 - 28 March 2021 marks three years since the Secretary-General launched his Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) initiative during a Security Council open debate on peacekeeping, presided by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

31 Mar 2021

MINURSO starts vaccinating its staff members

MINURSO international staff/military members over 60 years and 3 members of the medical unit received today, 17 March 2021 the AstraZeneca vaccine from the local authorities.

17 Mar 2021

70 years when Trygve Lie became the first UN Secretary-General

Today, 01 February 2021, marks 70 years of electing Trygve Lie as the first UN Secretary-General. Following his recommendation by the Security Council, the General Assembly held a secret ballot, which saw Lie, a former Norwegian foreign minister, elected with 46 votes to 3.

01 Feb 2021

The SG VIDEO MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST

Today we honour the memory of the six million Jews and millions of others who were systematically murdered in the Holocaust by the Nazis and their collaborators.

27 Jan 2021