Stories from the UN Archive: Human rights must come ‘in hearts of people’
Eleanor Roosevelt played a key role as a member of the US delegation to the United Nations in the two-year-long process that led to the adoption in 1948 of the…
Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line
Amid ongoing bombardment in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies and humanitarian partners continue to provide desperately needed food, water, healthcare and other services to the more than two million people…
Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide
On the eve of International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, 9 December, we looked at…
Stories from the UN Archive: The origin of #PalestineDay
Why 29 November? On that day in 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the partition of Palestine. At the founding commemoration of the international day, the then-UN…
Stories from the UN Archive: Feminist icon calls out violence against women
Co-founding the groundbreaking magazine Ms. in 1972, Ms. Steinem and her colleagues brought feminist issues to the forefront. “For the first time, there are fewer females on Earth than males…
Stories from the UN Archive: Marlon Brando, the UN’s first frontman for water
The Oscar-winning actor helped the UN amplify the need for clean water in a South American village in a unique podcast (even before they were called podcasts) almost 70 years…
Stories from the UN Archive: Birth of the first global court
The UN and its 193 Member States can bring a case within the Court’s jurisdiction and some of its decisions are shaping the planet’s common destiny. As the Court elects…
First Person: ‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from Armenia
Some 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since the end of September and many have received support from the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Here are some of their…
YouTube announced to stop ‘Stories’ from next month
YouTube has announced to shut down Stories from June 26. Photo: File San Francisco: In 2018, YouTube, inspired by Snapchat, introduced the Stories option in its app, which has been…