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Architectural Planning of United Nations Permanent Headquarters
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil, architect on the 10-member Board of Design Consultants assisting Wallace K. Harrison, Director of Planning, in the development of architectural plans for the building of…
18 April 1947
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Headquarters of the United Nations
Decorating the wall at left is the specially designed and woven tapestry given by Belgium to the UN in 1954. The largest tapestry ever woven, it measures 43 1/2 by 28 1/2 feet. Its themes are peace,…
1 September 1964
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A View of UN Headquarters at Night
A view of the sign UN lit up on the Secretariat Building, part of UN Headquarters in New York. [No exact date]
1 January 1900
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HIV/AIDS Patient in Mozambique
A woman rests in her home in Xai-Xai, Gaza Province, Mozambique. She is a patient at the Xai-Xai Day Care Clinic, a centre specialized in treating parents and children living with HIV/AIDS and…
17 July 2003
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Cherry Blossoms at United Nations Headquarters
Cherry blossoms on the campus of UN Headquarters. In the background are the forty-storey Secretariat building and the curving General Assembly building, with part of the New York skyline.
5 May 2005
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UNODC Alert Afghan Community About Danger of Drug Use
Afghan drug addicts seek treatment at a drug dependency treatment centre at the Mental Health Hospital of Kabul. The centre is part of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) project to…
24 May 2006
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Opium Production in Thailand
Hilltribe woman smoking opium in customary lying down position.
1 April 1992
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Arab Refugee Girls Study Nursing in England
Eighteen Palestine refugee girls are taking a three-year training course leading to nursing certificates from the British Ministry of Health. Four of them are studying at the Bolingbroke Hospital in…
1 October 1956
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Imvepi Refugee Settlement in Arua District, Northern Uganda
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and partners opened a new settlement area in Arua district, northern Uganda, in February 2017, to host thousands of refugees arriving from South Sudan. The new Imvepi…
19 June 2017
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UNVMC Offers Medical Care to Residents of Reintegration Community
The UN Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC) and Colombia's Reintegration and Normalization Agency (ARN) supported the Rotary Club on a two-day medical mission to Colinas, a territorial area…
2 June 2019
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Psychological and Social Work with Survivor and Affected Families in Liberia
Members of the local community of King Robert Farm, a suburb of Monrovia in Liberia, are listening to team of social workers from Action Contre la Faim (ACF) during an emotional debrief. The Ebola…
3 February 2015
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Ebola Treatment Facility in Liberia
Scene from a United States-run Ebola treatment facility in Monrovia, Liberia, during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to the facility.
The Secretary-General is on a tour of the West African…
19 December 2014