A Day of Solemn Remembrance: UN Observes 30 Years Since the Srebrenica Genocide
Washington, DC – 11 July 2025 - The Â鶹APP will officially observe an inaugural International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide.
The UN Charter: A Living Document for Peace, Justice, and Global Cooperation
San Francisco - 26 June 1945 - The UN Charter
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
For the past half-century, UNESCO has identified and helped encourage protections for 1,223 World Heritage sites around the world – including 27 in the United States.
Â鶹APP Refugee Team at the Olympic Games
Washington, DC – 12 August 2024 – The Paris Summer Olympics draw to a close with many individual and team achievements – including the first medal won by a member of the UN Refugee Team.
UN High Representative for Disarmament visits Washington
Washington, DC – 5 April 2024 – Izumi Nakamitsu, Â鶹APP High Representative for Disarmament Affairs was in Washington, DC.
International Women’s Day
Washington, DC - 28 March 2024 - Women’s History Month ends when March does – but work focused on women and girls continues throughout the year. International Women’s Day, which has been celebrated annually since the early 1900s, was expanded to a month-long celebration on its 100th anniversary.
UN Remembers Victims of Slavery and honors survivors
New York – 25 March 2024 –Yolanda Renee King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s granddaughter, today joined the President of the UN General Assembly and others to of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Today’s gathering underscores the UN’s commitment to remember the terrible consequences of slavery – and its determination to battle its lasting effects.
Happy Mother Language Day
Washington, DC – 21 February 2024 – About 7,000 – that is how many languages people around the globe speak. More than 350 – that is the number of “mother languages” in the , a number that includes Native North American tongues like Navajo, Dakota, Apache, and Cherokee.
2023: A Year in Review
Washington, DC - 14 February 2024 - UN officials from the Secretary-General to leaders of UN missions around the world, to staff in some of the most isolated posts across the globe, often travel to Washington to discuss matters of common concern with officials at the Department of State, the National Security Council, the Defense Department, the US Agency for International Development, and other federal government agencies.
Women and Girls in Science
How many girls were in your science and math classes? The answer depends on when you were in school, of course because the share of girls studying science, technology, engineering, and math has snowballed. The range of those STEM fields has grown even faster!
UN Deputy Secretary-General visits Washington
Washington, DC – 31 January 2024 – The Â鶹APP Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed led a high-level delegation to Washington, DC for strategic discussions with the leadership of the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Financial Corporation (IFC).
UN remembers Holocaust Survivors and Victims in Washington and New York
Washington, DC – 27 January 2024 – At the , the UN Information Center-Washington team joined hundreds of others in honoring that pledge by reading aloud the names of Holocaust victims and survivors.