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Animation competition marks UN’s 60th birthday in Asia-Pacific region

29 June 2005
The United Nations is enlisting the tools of animation from two-dimensional cartoons to computer-aided wizardry to celebrate its 60th anniversary in the Asia-Pacific region.

General Assembly marks sixtieth anniversary of UN Charter

27 June 2005
With solemn music and pleas for urgent reform, with expressions of pride in the past and hope for the future, the United Nations today held a special commemorative session in the General Assembly Hall at its Headquarters in New York to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of its Charter.

'Founding of the UN' photo exhibit opens at UN Headquarters

27 June 2005
The United Nations' first meeting at a converted warehouse in Flushing, New York and Franklin D. Roosevelt meeting Winston Churchill aboard a British battleship are among the images at a 60th anniversary exhibit of rarely-seen photos of the UN's early years opening at the Organization's New York Headquarters today.

On UN's 60th anniversary, Annan sees moment for change

25 June 2005
As the United Nations marked the sixtieth anniversary of its founding today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said change at the world body has never been so urgent or achievable.