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Libyan Students Attend UN-Organized Human Rights Workshop
Students at Tripoli University, Libya, attend a first-ever human rights workshop organized by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to commemorate anniversary of the UN's 1948 Universal…
11 December 2011
Side Events
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. [Exact date unknown]
1 November 1949
Field Coverage
Cultural Event at UNMISS Protection of Civilians Site
Residents of a Protection of Civilians (POC) site run by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held a special cultural event last Friday, in Juba.
A close-up shot of one of the performer…
27 March 2015
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Secretary-General Visits Refugee Camp in South Darfur
In the southern town of Nyala, tens of thousands of people lined both sides of the road leading to the Kalma camp to greet Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he arrived in the region today to get a…
28 May 2005
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Secretary-General Visits World Trade Center Site, "Ground Zero," following Terrorist Attacks
A view of the destruction of the World Trade Center site, ""Ground Zero"", resulting from terrorists attacks on New York City on September 11th , and which Secretary-General Kofi…
18 September 2001
Field Coverage
The Right of the Child
During the International Year of the Child a number of special studies were made on the conditions of children. These studies show that in spite of the fact that nearly all countries have minimum…
1 January 1979
Field Coverage
United Nations Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea (UNOVER)
Eritrean women dance and throw popcorn in celebration of the UN-supervised referendum, held from 23-25 April. Looking on (in white T-shirt, dark jacket) is Samir Sanbar, Special Representative of the…
1 April 1993
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UNDP Assists in Protection of Local Villages in Tanzania
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), along with local police forces throughout Tanzania are training citizens, one man and one woman per village, to act as local village protection…
22 June 2006
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Bandits Target Sudanese Tribes
Women weep after their goats were stolen in an early morning raid. Livestock raiding is a persistent problem which has heightened tension between the various tribes and led to the loss of many lives…
20 April 2007
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Fact-Finding Missions to Iraq
In view of the extraordinary dimensions of the human tragedy unfolding in the region, Secretary- General Javier Perez de Cueller dispatched two UN fact-finding missions to Iraq. Prince Sadruddin Aga…
15 April 1991
Meetings & Events
Three New Witnesses Heard as Namibia Uranium Hearings Conclude
The Council for Namibia's Panel for Hearings on Namibian Uranium, which met this week to gather information on the exploitation, purchase and use of Namibian uranium, concluded its work this…
11 July 1980
Field Coverage
Inauguration of Somalia's First Parliament in Two Decades
Members of Somalia's first parliament in twenty years were sworn in at an open-air ceremony at Mogadishu International Airport. Some 215 of the total number of 275 Members of Parliament were…
20 August 2012