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The UN Year in Review (Video)

From the Sustainable Development Goals to the world’s worst refugee crisis since World War Two, 2015 was a year of extreme highs and extreme lows. This recap from the United Nations offers some stunning visuals from the United Nations’ 70th...

UN Charter and Marriage Equality, A Serendipitous Day in San Francisco

The pre-amble to the UN Charter is an impressive expression of idealism. Even in the wake of World War Two, world leaders had an expectation that humanity was going to lift itself up from the degradations experienced in the years...

This Amazing Woman Was A Translator at the Original United Nations Conference

Ellen Magnin Newman was a star high school student in San Francisco in 1945 when world leaders came to her city to negotiate the United Nations Charter. They needed translators and she was fluent in Spanish. So, at the age...

This Giant Mural in Oakland, California Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations

On June 26, 1945 representatives of 50 countries gathered in San Francisco sign the the United Nations Charter, the treaty that gave birth to the United Nations. To commemorate the event the artist Zio Ziegler painted a huge mural in...

The UN Charter Turns 70 Years Old This Week. Here’s The Story of How it Came to Life

The UN Charter turns 70 years old on June 26. This is the founding treaty that created the United Nations and in this episode you will learn the fascinating and legitimately entertaining history of that document and of the 1945 San...

The UN Year in Review (Video)

UN Charter and Marriage Equality, A Serendipitous Day in San Francisco

This Amazing Woman Was A Translator at the Original United Nations Conference

This Giant Mural in Oakland, California Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations

The UN Charter Turns 70 Years Old This Week. Here’s The Story of How it Came to Life

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations