
By Roger Waters, the founder of Pink Floyd On Wednesday Feb 8th, I briefed the Security Council of the United Nations: Madame President, Excellencies, distinguished members of The Security Council, Ladies and […]
By Roger Waters, the founder of Pink Floyd On Wednesday Feb 8th, I briefed the Security Council of the United Nations: Madame President, Excellencies, distinguished members of The Security Council, Ladies and […]
United Nations HQ: The world’s first prototype of a resilient and sustainable floating community is unveiled by partners UN-Habitat, the Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, OCEANIX, BIG, and SAMOO. […]
South Korean K-pop group BTS has teamed up with the United Nations to deliver a message meant to encourage young people around the world to look beyond the present challenges of Covid-19 […]
Hamidullah, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee, wanted to protect his adopted French village from COVID-19. So he went to work on his sewing machine and made more than 1,000 protective masks, enough for […]
Fifty-year-old Marwan al-Dewaini is a skilled mechanic. A passionate auto lover, the Syrian started working on cars in the late 1970s. Ten years later, he was able to open his own garage. […]
Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini, a Syrian who fled across the Mediterranean, was today appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and pledged to work harder to inspire refugees around […]
On the eve of a key pledging conference to address the crisis in Yemen, the UN Refugee Agency warns up to half a million people could be uprooted by worsening conflict. Here […]
Musician Pharrell Williams speaks at the United Nations to celebrate the International Day of Happiness.
Thursday is the International Day of Non-Violence which commemorates the philosophy of the late Mahatma Gandhi. Through his example, Gandhi proved that peaceful protests could accomplish much more than military aggression. “At […]
Nuclear weapons are the most dangerous weapons on earth. Just one can kill millions, and jeopardize the environment and the lives of future generations. Yet possibly as many as 17,000 remain in […]