UN Works: for People & the Planet

Fight Malaria

...and other diseases

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End Poverty

The Millennium Development Goals

How do we achieve them?

Live Green

Make a difference for climate change

What you can do

Build Peace

Addressing the root causes of conflict

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Human Rights

From disability to possibility

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play video: HIV + TB: a dual epidemic

HIV + TB: a dual epidemic

Winstone lives with HIV But tuberculosis nearly killed him

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Make Poverty History

Young people make a difference on the ZeroSeven Roadtrip

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Difference is Normal

Persons with disabilities: equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Right Click here and choose "Save As" for the English lyrics to the "Difference is Normal" music video in MS Word format.

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play video: Peace must be waged

Peace must be waged

Clooney: "Peace is not just a coloured ribbon. It's a fulltime job."

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Water For Life Wins Award

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accepts the VH1 Soul award

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What's Happening?

Txt 4 Peace: Send us your message of peaceYour messages of peace will be presented to world leaders at the General AssemblyFind out how

IAA-Dentsu Poster CompetitionA competition launched in support of the UN's action on climate change. Student teams are tasked with design of a poster urging action on climate change.Poster Competition Details

2008: International Year of SanitationThe goal is raise awareness and to accelerate progress towards the MDG target to reduce by half the proportion of the 2.6 billion people without access to basic sanitation by 2015.Find out how to get sanitized...

Nicole Kidman and UNIFEM say:End gender based violence.Learn how...

Water for LifeJay-Z teams up with the UN to explore the global water crisis in VH1's award-winning documentary seriesRead more on the Global Water Crisis...

Messengers of PeaceThe UN Messengers of Peace are distinguished individuals who volunteer to raise awareness of UN's work to improve the lives of billions of people everywhereRead more about the Messengers of Peace...

Milestone for Persons with DisabilitiesThe Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force on 3 May 2008. This human rights treaty protects the rights of the world’s estimated 650 million persons with disabilities.Read more on UN Enable...

Listen to great moments in United Nations history…on UN Radio Classics, an online archive of historic speeches, revealing interviews and radio dramas starring Audrey Hepburn, Kirk Douglas, Bing Crosby, and other top stars of their day.Visit UN Radio...

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  • What Color Are You?
  • Angela wants to learn
  • Born to be Wild
  • Josef should be in school
  • Sunita can read
  • Remembering the Holocaust