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Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Kiyo Akasaka

Top UN official stresses need for Internet multilingualism to bridge digital divide

14 December 2009
Multilingualism must be fostered on the Internet to help bridge the digital divide and the United Nations stands in the forefront of those seeking to promote linguistic diversity in the interests of greater political, economic and cultural access for all, a top UN official said today.
U Thant, the UN's third Secretary-General.

Photographic exhibition pays tribute to former UN chief U Thant

27 October 2009
The greatest legacy of the former United Nations chief U Thant is his belief in the dignity of the individual, a senior official with the world body said tonight as he helped open a photographic exhibition dedicated to the Organization’s third Secretary-General.

UN reveals five winners of its ‘Citizen Ambassador’ video contest

16 October 2009
“Every day I want you to wake up and know that you work for 6.7 billion real people, one person at a time. People with children, and dreams, and stories.”
Donal McLaughlin Jr.

UN pays tribute after designer of iconic logo dies at 102

5 October 2009
A senior United Nations official paid tribute today to the designer of the original emblem for the world body, Donal McLaughlin Jr., who died peacefully in his sleep last week at the age of 102.

Languages make a difference, stresses senior UN official on International Day

21 February 2009
The United Nations pursues multilingualism as a means of promoting, protecting and preserving the diversity of the world's languages and cultures, the world body's top official responsible for its communications said in a message marking International Mother Language Day.