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UN Affairs
Stories from the UN Archive: How the UN was founded amid the ashes of war
Take a front seat to how it all began: the birth of the United Nations amid the ashes of the…
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UN Affairs
Stories from the UN Archive: Archivists unerase mystery woman
Too often, women’s names have been erased from history, including at the signing of the landmark Refugee Convention in 1951.…
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Human Rights
Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate
This #ThrowbackThursday, when the world celebrates the Day of Living Together in Peace, we are looking back at how Nobel Laureate…
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Climate Change
Stories from the UN Archive: BBC legend and UN Earth Champion
As communities across the planet celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June, we are taking you back to the 1950s when…
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Peace and Security
Stories from the UN Archive: Keeping the peace over decades
UN Member States have been deploying “Blue Helmets” (or peacekeepers) since 1948, so on the occasion of the International Day of…
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Health
Stories from the UN Archive: Magic suitcases for 1960s midwives
Can a magic suitcase save lives? On the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, marked annually on 23 May, we are…
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Middle East
Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force
As the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, marked annually on 16 May, we are taking you…
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Human Rights
Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid
“You know you are saying something right,” Stevie Wonder told reporters at UN Headquarters on his birthday in 1985. “I really…
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Humanitarian Aid
Stories from the UN Archive: UN camel caravans deliver
Camels, long known as the ships of the desert, have played an important role helping the UN from as early as…
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Climate Change
UN Dubs First-Ever Earth Day: Unearthing Hidden Gems from the UN Archives
The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009, but the roots of…
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