UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948.
To mark this year’s United Nations Day, UNIC Canberra, with the support of the ACT Government, held a flag raising ceremony in Canberra’s Albert Hall. Continue reading
Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
Children in Solomon Islands will benefit from a Cold Room facility that preserves the quality, potency and safety of vaccines. Vaccines need to be stored at a temperature of 0-8 degrees to keep them usable. A Cold Chain is the storage system that is used to do just that and today, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) handed 
Secretary-General
The United Nations Security Council today extended the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) until the end of 2014, when it is expected that the force will draw down and the Government of Afghanistan will assume full responsibility for security throughout the country. 
The enhanced tsunami products, under development since 2011, include tsunami wave forecasts that will help countries improve their response capability. The enhancements are expected to reduce significantly the number of areas warned unnecessarily and to help provide advanced notice of potential local tsunamis. The new products were put to the test during the Pacific Wave 13 exercise (PacWave13) in