UN Affairs

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, centre, lights a candle at an annual memorial service for fallen UN staff.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

In annual memorial, UN pays tribute to 140 fallen staff members

19 April 2018
Global

Were it not for the sacrifices of United Nations peacekeepers, humanitarians and other personnel, the people who needed urgent support in the most difficult and dangerous environments would have experienced greater suffering, the top UN official said Thursday in an annual memorial service for fallen colleagues. 

A participant expresses his views on an on-air radio debate programme.
UN Photo/Tim McKulka

Both radio and sports can help people achieve their potential, says UN on World Radio Day

13 February 2018
Global

In an era of dramatic advances in communications, radio retains its power to entertain, educate, inform and inspire, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, marking World Radio Day with a call to celebrate both radio and sports as ways of helping people achieve their potential.

Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon (left) sits down for an interview with UN News about his first term as Secretary-General of the United Nations and his priorities for his second term.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Ban stresses ‘people power’ and partnerships at start of second term as UN chief

3 January 2012
Global

Ban Ki-moon has begun his second term as UN Secretary-General by pledging to harness the “power of partnerships” to respond to the planet’s biggest challenges, such as climate change, poverty and women’s empowerment.