UN Affairs

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is shown addressing a press conference at United Nations Headquarters on 1 February 1994.
UN Photo/Milton Grant

UN honours memory of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali

18 February 2016
Global

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly today honoured the memory of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93, recalling his legacy in helping the world body find its footing in a new global landscape during the tumultuous early 1990s.

On 2 January 1992, Boutros Boutros-Ghali (right), Secretary-General of the United Nations, arrives at UN Headquarters for his first working day at the United Nations. Aly Teymour, Chief of Protocol, escorts him into the building.
UN Photo/John Isaac

UN mourns death of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali

16 February 2016

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, veteran Egyptian diplomat and the first United Nations Secretary-General from Africa, passed away today at the age of 93. He is being praised for guiding the Organization through the tumultuous early 1990s and for helping shape the UN's response to post-Cold War realities, drafting a seminal report on preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peacekeeping.

UN Chief Information Technology Officer Atefeh Riazi sits down for an interview with the UN News Centre in New York. (Video screen grab)

INTERVIEW: UN information technology chief believes all girls should aspire to be ‘geeks’

10 February 2016
Global

Atefah “Atti” Riazi, the Chief Information Technology Officer of the United Nations, carries the following items in her handbag at all times – a screwdriver set, a Swiss Army knife and an iPhone.