A special event was held in the General Assembly Hall to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week (1-7 February). Entitled “United for a Culture of Peace Through Interfaith Harmony”, the event was hosted by the President of the General Assembly; the UN Educ

Timor-Leste Celebrates Anniversary of Independence Referendum Men are shown in traditional dress at the national flag-raising ceremony to mark the anniversary of Timor-Leste’s popular consultation, the landmark UN-facilitated referendum which led to

Scenes from Rio + 20 A scene from the Rio Centro Convention Centre, site of Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, taking place in Rio de Janeiro on 20-22 June. UN Photo/Luiz Roberto Lima

NMISS Assesses the Security Situation in Boma Mothers sit with their infants outside a hospital in Boma, South Sudan. The United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) is conducting an assessment of the security situation in the area.

World Ferility Rates: Indigenous Family in Viet Nam A mother and her three children, part of the indigenous Hmong group, in Sin Chai, northwestern Viet Nam.The general trend in world fertility rates shows they are in decline - due to a combination of f

UNDEF Supports Census of Gabon Indigenous Group A Bakoya Pygmy woman outside her home in the village of Imbong, near Mekambo in Gabon’s northeastern Ogooué-Ivindo province. The village was visited by a team conducting a census of the Bakoya, a large

UNDEF Supports Census of Gabon Indigenous Group A portrait of a Bakoya Pygmy child in the village of Molando, near Mekambo in Gabon’s northeastern Ogooué-Ivindo province. The village was visited by a team conducting a census of the largely undocumen

Maasai Traditional Singing Group, Kenya Members of a Maasai traditional singing group, Kenya. UN Photo/Andi Gitow

2006 World Food Day Celebrated in Ethiopia Local farmers and members of the agro-pastoralist community of Awash Fentale, in the Afar Region in Ethiopia, where the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-Ethiopia) runs an irrigation

International Year of the World's Indigenous People, 1993 A Cakchiquel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala. UN Photo/F. Charton