Rehearsals took place at the General Assembly Hall  on Sunday for the first International Jazz Day to be celebrated on 30 April 2012.

The hall was abuzz with jazz. Stevie Wonder, Sheila E, Jimmy Heath, Angelique Kidjo, were among the musicians doing sound checks and what not.

On 30 April the United Nations will celebrate the first International Jazz Day with a star studded musical concert.

South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and other musicians rehearsed on Sunday in preparation for the first International Jazz Day which is being celebrated on Monday, 30 April.

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock says jazz is a universal language that does not need translation.

Two famous women use their celebrity to advance humanitarian causes.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on young people in India to take their place in the country and the world.

In an address at Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi on Friday, Mr. Ban said great opportunity awaits as India emerges as a global power.

Preparations for the UN Rio+20 Summit are moving along at a fast pace with just over a month to go before the world comes together to map out a plan for sustainability.

Preventing mother to child transmission of HIV is the focus of a new campaign by UNAIDS.

Victims of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war celebrated as the guilty verdict against Charles Taylor was announced on Thursday.

Many watched the proceedings live from the Netherlands on a monitor at the UN backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown.

In a historic verdict, a United Nations-backed court has found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty for his role in supporting rebels who committed atrocities during the civil war in Sierra Leone.