Photo Archive
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Model United Nations: Students practise Diplomacy at the Vienna International Centre ( more... )
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The opening session of the conference "UN Agencies Connecting with Academics and Civil Society" on 11 January 2012 held at the UN in Vienna supported by UNIS Vienna ( more... )
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Students produce films on Human Rights: Film Festival and UN honour the winners ( more... )
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To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November 2011): UNIS Vienna Film Screening and Discussion "Sestre / Sisters" ( more... )
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UNIS Vienna reaches over 1200 students through UN4U lectures ( more... )
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Young Professional Programme Preparation Seminar ( more... )
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UN Day at the University of Ljubljana (photo: Željko Stevanić/IFP)
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UNTV Programme wins top prize at EKOTOPFILM 38th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films ( more... )
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Working for the United Nations ( more... ) |
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Flag of Libya's National Transitional Council flying at the United Nations in Vienna ( more... )
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Slovak Teacher's Forum 2011 ( more... )
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International Day of Democracy, Ljubljana, 15 September 2011 ( more... ) |
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Moment of Silence at the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks ( more... )
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UNIS Vienna Acting Director Janos Tisovszky opens the exhibition "One Family" at the Vienna International Centre ( more... )
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South Sudan's Flag Raised at the UN in Vienna ( more... ) To view more pictures please got to
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Youth Across Europe Organize to Support the Goals of the United Nations ( more... )
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Students Tackle Global Issues at Vienna International Model UN ( more... ) |
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Film screening of the Academy Award-nominated movie "Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation" by UNIS Vienna in cooperation with the Embassy and Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations in Vienna, to mark Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July 2011 ( more... )
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Special guest lecture "The Concept of R2P: Achievements and Challenges in the Light of the Arab Spring" by Dr. Vesselin Popovski / UN University Tokyo on 14 July 2011 hosted by UNIS Vienna in collaboration with the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) Vienna liaison. |
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International Year of Youth: Conference titled "Communicating Change: Youth Perspectives on Peace" ( more... )
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60 Years of Refugee Protection ( more... ) |
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Environment Day Talks '11 at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) on "Chemistry takes Responsibility", 7 June 2011 ( more... ) |
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Space Days at the United Nations - Open Day Saturday 4 June 2011 ( more... ) To view more pictures please got to
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Press Briefing: 50 years of human space flight and 50 years of Peaceful Uses of Outer Space - 1 June 2011 From left to right: Mazlan Othman (Director, UNOOSA), Janos Tisovszky (Acting Director, UNIS), Yury Fedotov (Director-General, UNOV), Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (Chair of COPUOS), Aleksei Leonov (Cosmonaut, Russian Federation) and Franz Viehboeck (Astronaut, Austria)
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Welcoming Remarks by Janos Tisovszky, Acting Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at the conference on: "Exploring New Capacities to Address the Threat of Atrocity Crimes: The Case for a UN Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS)"
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UNSCEAR Press Briefing on Assessing the Effects of Radiation from Fukushima ( more... ) Interview with Secretary of UNSCEAR, Malcolm Crick ( mp3 ) |
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Open House Day at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bratislava 8 May. The UN was represented with a UNIS Vienna information booth, where children also had the possibility to make their own UN button.
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Chinese calligraphy, musical performance on the Pipa and information desks on Chinese Language at the opening ceremony of the exhibition "The Chinese Character" on 10 May 2011 marking UN Chinese Language Day at the United Nations in Vienna in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of China.
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Over 130 students and teachers attended the information event on "The United Nations and Human Rights" on 9 May 2011 with former UN-Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak, organized by UNIS Vienna in cooperation with Zentrum polis. ( more... )
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Opening of the travelling exhibition "The history of the Holocaust in Europe" (produced by Le Mémorial de la Shoah and the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme) in cooperation with UNIS Vienna on 3 May 2011 at the American International School in Vienna.
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The UN Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed speaking at a press briefing in Vienna following her mission to Austria ( more... )
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Students Practise Diplomacy at the United Nations ( more... )
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Director-General of United Nations Office at Vienna Marks 50th Anniversary of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ( more... ) |
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Director-General of United Nations Office at Vienna Marks 50th Anniversary of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations ( more... ) |
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Press Briefing on two reports, Radiation exposures in accidents and Effects on non-human biota to be published by UNSCEAR ( more... )
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Exhibition Opens in Vienna to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the First Human Space Flight by Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin ( more... )
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Executive Director Appoints Christopher Kennedy Lawford as New UNODC Goodwill Ambassador ( more... ) Interview with Mr. Kennedy Lawford (mp3) |
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The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) Yury Fedotov expressing his sympathies to the Japanese Permanent Representative, Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, as he signed the Book of Condolences at the Permanent Mission of Japan today.
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Teachers learn more about UN services and tools for school classes ( more... )
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Press Briefing On Organized Crime and Illicit Business - Sustaining Terrorism and Ruining Lives (
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International Women's Day 2011: Panel discussion with Austrian high school students ( more... )
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Panel Discussion on "100 Years International Women's Day: Time to celebrate? Achievements and Prospects" ( more... )
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Speaking at the Press Briefing on the Urgency of Addressing the Plight of Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Prisons and Detention Facilities (f.l.t.r.) Ambassador Riyad Mansour, The Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations in New York and Issa Qaraqe, The Palestinian Authority Minister for Prisoners' Affairs
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INCB Annual Report 2010 ( more... )
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New Report on Health Effects due to Radiation from the Chernobyl Accident ( more... )
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More than 250 students, academics and UN experts attended the opening session of the 2-days conference "Connecting Academics and UN Practitioners - A Unique Encounter at the UN Office in Vienna" on Monday 28 Feb 2011, organized by the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) in cooperation with UNIS Vienna and the UN Studies Association (UNSA). ( more... )
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UNOV Director-General Yury Fedotov Meets with Federal President of Austria Heinz Fischer ( more... )
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About 120 students and teachers attended the Mobile UN Academy at Széchenyi István University in Györ on 23rd February, 2011. The conference on the role of the UN System in the transition to a knowledge based society was organized by the United Nations Association in Hungary and was the second station of the lecture series hosted by leading Hungarian Universities. Among other keynote speakers from the International Labor Organization (ILO) Budapest, UN Association Hungary, Corvinus University / Budapest and Széchenyi Istvan University, Irene Hoeglinger-Neiva, UNIS Vienna, gave briefing on opportunities and challenges of UN Public Information towards a Knowledge Based Society. Széchenyi Istvan University is an affiliated member of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), an initiative connecting institutions of higher education and research to the UN.
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UNOV Director-General Yury Fedotov Meets with Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl ( more... )
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John Kon Kelei speaking at the Austrian Museum of Military History/Photo: HGM ( more... )
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Opening of the exhibition "The History of the Holocaust in Europe" to mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust ( more... )
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UNIS Press Breakfast 2011
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Refugee activist Ute Bock speaking at UNIS' Human Rights Day event on 10 December 2010 ( more... )
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A special session of the Mobile UN Academy, organized by the United Nations Association of Hungary with the support of UNIS Vienna was held at Corvinus University Budapest on 8 December on the occasion of Human Rights Day.
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First UNODC E-Lecture on "Sport, violence and crime prevention" ( more... )
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Press Briefing with Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the outcome of his mission to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People observed at the Vienna International Centre on 29 November 2010
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Presentation and Panel Discussion on The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development ( more... )
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November 2010 ( more... )
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UNIS Vienna Director Maher Nasser holds guest lecture on current priorities and challenges for the United Nations at the Law Faculty at the UPJŠ of Kosice.
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High School Students Hold Model United Nations Conference at Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Parliament (
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UNIS Vienna Director Maher Nasser briefs candidates to the UN's National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCRE) at a seminar organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia in Ljubljana
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Minister of Defense Darabos presents artistic stamps in remembrance of 50 years of Austrian Peacekeeping to the UN (
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Oscar-winning actor, filmmaker and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador, Nicolas Cage, speaks at the UN (
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UNIS/Visitors Service Vienna joins the UN Day celebrations at the American International School in Vienna (
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Press Conference on the opening day of the Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). ( more... ) From left to right: Amina Mohamed of Kenya, President of the Conference of Parties; Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UNODC; Marisela Morales Ibáñez, Mexican Deputy Attorney General.
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The importance of statistics marked by United Nations Organizations in Vienna for the first Observance of World Statistics Day (
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Women help to keep the peace. (
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Stress management in peacekeeping: Blue Helmet Forum Austria 2010. (
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UN awards City of Vienna for excellence in urban planning
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Press Briefing on the 2010 Afghan Opium Survey on 30 September 2010. From left to right: Angela Me, UNODC, Maher Nasser, Director of UNIS Vienna, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC and Alun Jones, UNODC (
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Sounds and images of peace: Children celebrate the International Peace Day at the United Nations in Vienna (
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Danube Twins Teachers Forum: Teachers from Austria and Slovakia meet in the VIC to work together for the Millennium Development Goals. (
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Danube Twins Teachers Forum: Teachers from Austria and Slovakia meet in the VIC to work together for the Millennium Development Goals. (
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the official launch of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (middle) with Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger (right) and Director General/Executive Director designate UNOV/UNODC Yury Fedotov (left) in Vienna today.
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CTBTO/Kazakh exhibition opened to mark UN Day against Nuclear Tests ( more... )
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Youth visit the VIC on Open Day ( more... )
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Peace bell rings in remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ( more...)
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VIMUN participants are decision-makers of tomorrow ( more...) |
Vienna International Model United Nations (VIMUN) opened ( more...)
AIDS 2010 begins in Vienna with call for Treatment 2.0 ( more...)
Film screening of the Oscar-nominated movie "Invictus" by UNIS Vienna in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations in Vienna, to mark Nelson Mandela International Day, which is observed by the United Nations on 18 July. ( more...)
Press briefing on 2 July for the launch of "Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management: Examples and Best Practices" a joint publication by UNOOSA and JBGIS. ( more...)
Briefing the press on the Millennium Development Goals Report 2010 from left to right Balazs Horvath from UNDP, UNIS Vienna Director, Maher Nasser and Ole Lundby from UNIDO ( more...)
World Refugee Day 2010: Film Screening of "Little Alien" ( more...)
8 Goals for Africa at the Vienna International Centre ( more...)
The Art of Peacemaking - Massive Gun Sculpture Unveiled in Vienna ( more...)
International Experts Meet at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) to Discuss Future of Biodiversity ( more...)
Networking for Peace Forum: Peacekeeping and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict discussed by peacekeeping practitioners at Vienna International Centre, 27 May 2010 ( more...)
First Vienna Schools' Model United Nations wraps up at the Vienna International Centre, 18 - 20 May 2010 ( more...)
Press Briefing on the opening day of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna. ( More...)
World Press Freedom Day 2010
UNIS Director Maher Nasser reads out the Secretary-General's message at the Concordia Awards event at Presseclub Concordia, Vienna
UNIS Vienna Student Forum in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana and the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations (Vienna), Vienna, Austria, 22-23 April.
District Mayor Norbert Scheed is awarded the first "Greening the United Nations" pin on the occasion of Mother Earth Day celebrations at the United Nations Office at Vienna ( more...)
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon with the Austrian Chancellor, Werner Faymann at a press conference during his visit to Austria 7-10 April. ( more...)
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon with Austrian Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger at a press conference during his visit to Austria 7-10 April 2010. ( more...)
United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People ( more...)
UNIS Vienna participates in Open House Day at Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( more...)
Press briefing on the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) on 10 March 2010 ( more...)
International Women's Day 2010 ( more...)
Press Briefing on the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh of Iran, the Chairman of the CND (left) and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa (centre), gave journalists an overview of the key issues to be discussed during the 53rd CND session in Vienna at a press briefing on 8 March, moderated by UNIS Director Maher Nasser (right)
International Mother Language Day 2010
Participating schools were recognized at a Gala performance in the Vienna International Centre ( more...)
Main launch of the 2009 INCB Annual Report
on 24 February 2010 in Vienna, Austria, with INCB President Sevil Atasoy (right), moderated by UNIS Director Maher Nasser (left). ( more...)
"Children of War: Broken Childhood" - a photo exhibition on child soldiers. 12 February to 12 March 2010. More...
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust at the Vienna International Centre ( more...)
Film screening of the documentary film "My Brother's Keeper" (by Jørgen Flindt Pedersen) and discussion with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, 20 January 2010. From left to right: Manfred Nowak, Director Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Maher Nasser, Director UNIS Vienna.
The UN Communication Group in Vienna held its first press breakfast of 2010 on 20 January at the Press Club Concordia with spokespeople from the Vienna based United Nations agencies and international organizations. The speakers highlighted major events and conferences coming up in 2010 and some of the issues that the VIC-based organizations and the United Nations in general would focus on in the coming 12 months and an update on the situation in Haiti. A new handbook for journalists accredited to the United Nations in Vienna was also distributed along with a 2010 calender of events and observances. Introductory remarks were made by Maher Nasser (UNIS), Mikhail Evstafyev (UNIDO), Gill Tudor (IAEA), Annika Thunborg (CTBTO) and Alun Jones (UNODC).
2009 - a year when arctic ice was melting faster than ever before and multiple crises - food, energy, recession or pandemic flu - called for global cooperation on an unprecedented level. At the same time, peacekeepers served in missions around the world and the fight against hunger and poverty continued.
It was a year when UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo and reminded the world that sexual violence against women there, and everywhere, was an abomination and had to be stopped. Despite multiple conflicts - in Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan or Somalia - there was hope that an old remnant of the Cold War would finally melt, when the Presidents of Russia and the USA expressed their strong desire in the Security Council to cut down their nuclear arsenals.
May 2010 bring peace, development and human rights to all of us.
Watch the movie "2009 - the Year in Review"
United Nations Association Slovenia marks Human Rights Day, 9 December 2009.
Business Academy Levice, Slovakia, celebrates Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009, with Jana Honschova and Sonja Wintersberger, UNIS Vienna.
Art workshops with FACING NATIONS artist Oskar Stocker, a student forum for Erasmus students from Budapest University, and a lecture on "End Discrimination - Embrace Diversity" were all elements of this year's celebrations to mark Human Rights Day in Vienna. More...
Students from Corvinus University, Budapest at the UNIS Vienna 2009 Students Forum with Maher Nasser, Director UNIS Vienna and Gergely Sallai, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations Vienna (standing in the centre) . The students had a full-day programme at the United Nations (Vienna) including a guided tour, a briefing from the Hungarian Permanent Mission and lectures from UNODC and IAEA.
More than one hundred young people from the Vienna International School came to support the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna on Tuesday 1st December to mark World AIDS Day 2009. They formed a human red ribbon and released hundreds of red balloons for the day which this year has the theme "I am living my rights'. There was a special performance by some of the young people to draw attention to the fact that every six seconds someone is infected with HIV and a quiz which tested their knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS. Two students, Sophia and Antonia, read the message for the day from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chief of the Health and Human Development Section of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Gilberto Gerra told the young people in his address that they were particularly vulnerable to HIV infection and they had a right to be educated about HIV and the right to be provided with appropriate services.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
UN Office at Vienna Director-General Antonio Maria Costa read out the UN Secretary-General's message at a special event organized in the Vienna International Centre on 1 December, highlighting: "It is vital that a sovereign State of Palestine is achieved." To mark the international day a dancing performance by the ALQUDS group was organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN (Vienna) in the Rotunda. More...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 25 November, organized by the Association SOS Help Line, the Association against Violent Communication, the KLJUC society and the Women's Counseling Service in cooperation with the Slovene Ministry of Interior and the Slovene Police, with the support of UNIS Vienna. The art exhibit represents a home from which passers-by hear sounds of violence against women, with the aim of encouraging the public not to ignore such crimes, but to report them.
H.E. Ambassador Marcel Peško speaking at the opening of the exhibition "Twenty Years after the Velvet Revolution: view from Slovakia". The exhibition, organized by the Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the United Nations (Vienna), is on display at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) 16 - 20 November and can be viewed during a guided tour of the VIC.
Civil Society Development Forum (CSDF) 2009 - Vienna, 11 November. From left to right: Ilona Graenitz, Vice-President Vienna of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), Maher Nasser, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, Liberato C. Bautista, President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), Cyril Ritchie, First Vice-President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO).
Snapshots from the UNIS Vienna Journalist Forum held on 9 November, on "Banning Nuclear Tests - The Road Ahead". More than 30 media, including from Bucharest, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna and Warsaw participated in the half-day Forum. Speakers at the Forum included Lucien Scotti, Counseller, Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations (Vienna) - speaking as coordinator of the entry into force process for the CTBT, Ambassador Glyn Davies, Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations , Annika Thunborg, Spokesperson CTBTO and Tariq Rauf, Head, Verification and Security Policy Coordination, IAEA. UNIS Director Maher Nasser chaired and moderated the Forum. In his opening remarks, he highlighted disarmament as a priority theme for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and SG Ban's five-point proposal on a world free of nuclear weapons.
UN Day lecture at University of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Affairs, 5 November 2009. From left to right: PhDr. Adriana Mikulcíková, PhD., Chair of Academic Senate, Jana Honschova, UNIS Vienna Consultant in Slovakia, Sonja Wintersberger, Deputy to the Director, UNIS Vienna, Professor PhDr. Ján Koper, PhD., Vice-Dean for Study
The United Nations Association of Slovenia, with the support of UNIS Vienna, held its traditional annual celebration of UN Day on 26 October at the University of Ljubljana. Following a keynote speech by Dr. Zlatko Šabic, Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, awards were presented for the ten best diploma, master's and doctoral theses written by students of Slovene universities on United Nations-related topics over the past year. The celebration concluded with classical music and a reception.
For further information visit:
http://www.unaslovenia.org.
UN teaching materials launched in Austria
The Austrian Minister for Education Claudia Schmied, the Minister for European and International Affairs Michael Spindelegger and Director of UNIS Vienna, Maher Nasser, launched the teaching materials Together Strong - Die Vereinten Nationen (the United Nations) at an event in the Vienna secondary school Gymnasium Rahlgasse on 20 October 2009. More...
Over 100 pupils from Viennese schools join staff members to participate in this year's Stand Up Against Poverty event at the Vienna International Centre
Press Briefing on Linking national and global counter-terrorism efforts,12 October 2009 at the Vienna International Centre
Speakers: (f.l.t.r.): Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Director-General for Legal and Consular Affairs, Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs, speaking on behalf of the co-sponsoring Governments of of Austria, Costa Rica, Japan, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey; Maher Nasser, Director, UNIS Vienna (moderator); Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch and Deputy Director, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Jean-Paul Laborde, Chair, Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF)
Michael Platzer (l.), Vienna Liaison Officer, ACUNS, and Maher Nasser (r.), UNIS Director, at the launch of the new publication "Can the United Nations Be Taught?" at the Vienna International Centre, 8 October 2009. More...
World Space Week 2009
Premiere of the play "Space and Time" of the troupe Cidadania combining video projections and live music on civilization and astronomy. Vienna, 5 October 2009.
World Space Week 2009 at the VIC
Educational Programme on Mars exploration. More...
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Pavel Gantar, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia and Maher Nasser, Director, UNIS Vienna, respond to the presentation made by young climate advocates at the Slovene parliament, organized by the British Council.
Thirty young climate advocates from Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Slovenia, Turkey and the United Kingdom gathered for an International Climate Camp in Jezersko, Slovenia, 21 to 24 September. The Camp was organized by the British Council, with the support of UNIS Vienna, the British Embassy, the European Commission Representation in Slovenia, the Office of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, the Office of the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovenian Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning, the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Danish Embassy in Slovenia, the Finnish Embassy in Slovenia, the Hungarian Embassy in Slovenia and the Turkish Embassy in Slovenia.
International Day of Peace in Vienna
On the occasion of the International Day of Peace (21 September), children of the VIC Childcare Centre gathered to ring the Peace Bell in the Memorial Plaza. The ceremony was organized by UNIS Vienna in co-operation with the Vienna NGO Committee on Peace. More...
30th anniversary of the Vienna International Centre
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: "From outer space to the human heart, this Vienna International Centre has done far more than witness history; it has brought great progress to our world." More...
Commemorative Ceremony on the Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 at the Vienna International Centre, 7 August 2009
Top: Norbert Scheed, Councillor of the 22nd district Vienna-Donaustadt, and Yuko Gulda, co-organizer and initiator of Genbaku No Hi 8.8., jointly release one of the hundred white peace doves that were set free in the Memorial Plaza of the Vienna International Centre. Bottom: UNIS Vienna Director Maher Nasser is ringing the Peace Bell. More...
UNWRA Press Conference
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Karen Koning AbuZayd accepted a grant from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) for a microfinance fund for Palestine Refugees and the first donation to a new Scholarship Fund for Talented Palestinians in a special ceremony and press briefing held at OFID's headquarters in Vienna on 1 July 2009. The press briefing was organized jointly by the Society for Austro-Arab Relations, UNRWA and OFID with support from UNIS Vienna. (Photo Credit: Rana Wintersteiner, (OFID))
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UNWRA Concert
A spectacular show of music and poetry with the legendary Lebanese musician Marcel Khalife and the Al-Mayadine Ensemble was enjoyed by hundreds of people in Vienna as part of an ongoing series of events around the world to mark the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) this week (30 June). The 'Concert for Peace and Humanity' was organized by the Society for Austro-Arab Relations and sponsored by the Austrian Government and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). (Photo Credit: Rana Wintersteiner, (OFID))
Inauguration of the Chartagi
Jointly with the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna, Antonio Maria Costa (left), the Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Head of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization, Esfandiar Mashaei (right) unveiled the donated monument of a Chartagi (Scholars Pavilion) at the Vienna International Centre on 9 June. Mr. Costa said: "Inspired by the journey of the sun from east to west and its zenith at midday in the south, this sculpture embodies the shape of a cross. We can watch the sunlight glowing in the water vessel at the heart of the sculpture - enabling us to (quite literally) reflect on light triumphing over darkness. How appropriate for the UN and everything it represents!"
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"Your planet needs you -- UNite to Combat Climate Change"
The Austrian Ministry of Environment, in co-operation with the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Vienna Office, as well as private sector partners, held a public symposium at the Vienna International Centre on the occasion of World Environment Day on 5 June 2009. More...
Chinese delegation meets UNOV Director-General
during the 52nd session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on 4 June. (f.l.t.r.) Wang Wenbao, Director-General, China Manned Space Engineering Program Office; Tang Guoqiang, Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Vienna); Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV); Mazlan Othman, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA); Yang Liwei, China's first taikonaut, crew member of Shenzhou-5 manned space flight mission; Jing Haipeng, taikonaut, crew member of Shenzhou-7 manned space flight mission.
International Day of UN Peacekeepers in Vienna
Austrian Chief of Staff Gen. Edmund Entacher (left) addressed the audience at a special event at Uniqa Tower in Vienna on 29 May. Lothar Mikulla, UNIS Associate Information Officer (right) read out the message of the United Nations Secretary-General.
Press breakfast with spokespersons of the Vienna-based United Nations agencies and other international organizations at the Foreign Press Association in Vienna on 28 May.
Panellists (f.l.t.r.): Ayhan Evrensel, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Annika Thunborg, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Maher Nasser, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, George Assaf, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Walter Kemp, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Martin Nesirky, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Visit of the President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, to the Vienna International Centre on 26 May 2009
Among participants of a United Nations training course for future Senior Leaders of Peacekeeping Operations was Ms. Bolduc Kim, Resident Representative of UNDP in Brazil, who is presented a certificate of attendance by Assistant Secretary-General Edmond Mulet. The training event took place from 4 to 15 May 2009 at the Austrian National Defence Academy and was held for the first time in Austria. UNIS Director Maher Nasser addressed participants and organizers on the successful completion of the Course (Photos: Austrian Federal Armed Forces/ UNIS Vienna).
"Living with Disabilities"
Forty-two persons from eight European countries whose lives have all been affected by a traumatic brain injury gather at the Vienna International Centre for a guided tour and discussion forum marking the first anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Concordia Award
UNIS Director Maher Nasser reads out the UN Secretary-General's message on World Press Freedom Day at the ceremony for the presentation of the Concordia Award 2008 at Presseclub Concordia in Vienna on 5 May
UNIS Director Maher Nasser joined representatives from the City of Vienna, the Vienna School Board, the Vienna International School, and guests from the diplomatic and international community in launching the "Talespin" project "Mother Tongue and Cultural Identity" at a colourful cultural event at Leopold Museum on 22 April 2009. A live music and multimedia performance of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" by the "Talespin" Ensemble and the Elevenchor of the Vienna Boys'Choir served to introduce the theme of celebrating cultural identity and diversity. For more... (Photo credit: APA-OTS/DeSt)
18th Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
A comprehensive convention on cybercrime was needed, which addresses the issues of protecting assets and society as well as free use of the internet, said UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa at a press conference on 16 April in the Vienna International Centre. More...
Slovenia International Model United Nations (SIMUN) 2009, 31 March - 5 April 2009, Ljubljana: UNIS Director Maher Nasser addresses delegates from several European countries at the opening session of SIMUN 2009. Issues on the agenda include the global financial crisis and Human Rights education in post-conflict societies.
Prof. Hamid Ghodse, President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), launched the Guidelines for Governments on Preventing the Illegal Sale of Internationally Controlled Substances through the Internet in the Vienna International Centre on 17 March
"The fight against drugs will be won or lost in the cities," said Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Antonio Maria Costa (left) at the press conference of the High-Level Segment of the 52nd Session of the Commission on Narcotics Drugs in Vienna on 11 March together with Attorney-General of Mexico Eduardo Tomas Medina-Mora Icaza (middle), moderated by UNIS Director Maher Nasser (right).
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) marked the centennial of the international drugs control system at the launch of its 2008 Annual Report in Vienna today. Over 95 per cent of UN Member States are party to the three relevant Conventions - covering 99 per cent of the world's population. "This is a major success of the UN", said Professor Hamid Ghodse, President, INCB (right) at the launch in Vienna on 19 February moderated by UNIS Director Maher Nasser (left). More ...
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To mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, UNIS Vienna organized an opening event for the exhibit "Vienna's Conscience-- Close-Ups and Conversations after Hitler", based on the book with the same title. |
United Nations staff members and representatives of Permanent Missions celebrate Human Rights Day by reading all 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- each in their own language, from Afrikaans to Uzbek. The 1. Women's Chamber Orchestra of Austria provided the musical framework for the lunchtime event.
UNIS Vienna Director Maher NASSER (4th from left) and Austrian Federal President Dr. Heinz FISCHER (centre) join local and regional politicians, as well as artist Oskar STOCKER (3rd from right) at the unveiling of the monumental "humanity panorama" FACING NATIONS in Graz, to celebrate Human Rights Day
International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, Vienna, Austria on 2-3 December
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Kiyo Akasaka opens the seminar
Palestinian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Almutawakel Taha (right) shaking hands with former Israeli Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Eli Dayan (third from the right).
World AIDS Day, 1 December
Pupils launched balloons along with personal messages voicing the call to "lead, empower and deliver on AIDS" in the Memorial Plaza of the Vienna International Centre
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (left), read out the message of the United Nations Secretary-General during a commemorative event at the Vienna International Centre on 26 November, chaired by H.E. Ms. Norma Goicochea Estenoz, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations (Vienna) and Representative of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (right).
Russell Schweickart, Astronaut and Chair of the International Panel on Asteroid Threat Mitigation (IPATM, second from right), presented the report "Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response" to media at the Vienna International Centre on 25 November "Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response". Other panellists were (from left to right): Richard Crowther, Chairman of the Working Group on Near-Earth Objects of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of COPUOS; Dorin Prunariu, Cosmonaut and Chairman of the Board, Romanian Space Agency; and Walther Lichem, Member of IPATM.
Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General (fourth from left) addresses the audience at the symposium "Can 'United Nations' be taught?" at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna on 22 November 2008.
UNIS Vienna marks UN Day at the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs. The Ministry held an Open House Day on 26 October (Austrian National Day) with a focus on Austria's role in the United Nations.
Anton Bebler, former Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations (Geneva), delivered a keynote speech at a special event for UN Day, which was organized by the UN Association of Slovenia. At the University of Ljubljana awards were presented for the ten best diploma, Master's and doctoral theses on the work of the United Nations on 23 October.
Agreement on new International Anti-Corruption Academy signed
INTERPOL Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble (left) and UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa (right) signed an agreement on 13 October at the Vienna International Centre to establish the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Laxenburg near Vienna.
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Eager and enthusiastic faces at this year's "World Space Week event" at the Vienna International Centre
On the occasion of the World Space Week (4-10 October), pupils from Vienna could drive the Dignity Rover (Mars rover), try on a space suit and listen to a multimedia presentation on Mars exploration and the AustroMars expedition on 9 October.
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Students Forum "Uniting for Peace in Vienna"
On the occasion of the International Day of Peace (21 September), young people from Southeast Central European capitals ring the peace bell at the Vienna International Centre on 22 September and participate in an arts project at Modul University in Vienna on 23 September.
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Launch of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 at the Vienna International Centre
Panellists (from left to right): Hans
Winkler, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs; Maher
Nasser, Director, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna; Ulrike
Schelander, National Director, Care Austria; Andrey
Ivanov, Acting Head, Poverty Practice Unit, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bratislava
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learn more about the Millennium Development Goals Report 2008
Visitors to the Vienna International Centre (VIC) write messages of peace on the occasion of the International Day of Peace on 21 September. Messages are being collected and displayed from 8 to 19 September at the entrance hall of the VIC. Subsequently the peace messages will be presented to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2008.
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Memorial ceremony to mourn the victims of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, on 8 August 2008 at the Vienna International Centre. Ringing the peace bell by Klaus Renoldner, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and art performance by Kazuko Kurosaki.
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Deputy Administrator, Shana Dale, paid a visit to the Vienna International Centre on 13 June on the occasion of the 51st session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
Under the motto "Kick the Habit: Towards a Carbon Free Economy" Vienna-based organizations (VBOs) celebrated World Environment Day in a market-like atmosphere. Staff members and guests had the opportunity to test-drive zero-emission vehicles, learn about recycling and how to reduce their carbon footprint. UNOV Deputy Director-General Franz Baumann, speaking on behalf of all VBOs, outlined some of the environmentally-friendly initiatives already in place at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) and called upon all staff members, as international civil servants, to lead by example in being more environmentally friendly.
Presentation of the "Business Friends of the Danube" on 2 June
With the "Business Friends of the Danube" the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) started an ambitious project creating a win-win situation for all involved parties and the Danube River in particular. "Membership of the Business Friends of the Danube carries responsibilities that are not only financial. More importantly, members agree to cooperate with Governments to preserve the uniqueness of the Danube River and its resources over the long-term", said Philip Weller, Executive Secretary of the ICPDR. Panellists (from left): Walter Köhler, Chief of ORF's TV series Universum; Josef Pröll, Austrian Environment Minister; Philip Weller, ICPDR Executive Secretary; and Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith, Board Director of Coca-Cola Hellenic and Chairman of the Social Responsibility Committee.
60 Years UN peacekeeping
UNIS Associate Information Officer Lothar Mikulla reads out the message of the UN Secretary-General for 60 years UN peacekeeping and the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May in Hof am Leithaberge (Lower Austria). On occasion of the International Day, a solemn farewell is paid to the Austrian contingent, including a Croatian detachment of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the Golan Heights.
Panel discussion in the run-up to World Environment Day (5 June)
Panelists (from left) Stefan Schleicher (Wegener Zentrum, Graz University), Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer (CEO of Austrian oil and gas company OMV), Helga Kromp-Kolb (University for Natural Resources and Applied Sciences, Vienna), and Ernest Rudel ("Hohe Warte" Meteorological Centre), moderated by Martin Kugler (centre) of the daily "Die Presse", debated issues around the World Environment Day 2008 theme "Kick the Habit: Towards a Low Carbon Economy" at a panel discussion in the Vienna International Centre.
Mr. Franz Baumann, in his capacity as Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna, signed on 20 May the condolence book of the Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna in remembrance of the victims of the earthquake that struck Sichuan, China, on 12 May 2008.
UNIS students forum
On 9 May 2008, UNIS Vienna hosted a Students' Forum entitled "The Role of Vienna-based International Organizations as Hub against Uncivil Society".
From left to right: Mr. Christian Strohmann, UNIS Officer-in-Charge, Mr. Bojan Bertoncelj, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations (Vienna), Ms. Martha Villa Godínez, Associate Information Officer, Prof. Anton Grizold and Prof. Bojko Bucar from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Group photo of the Slovene Students at the Vienna International Centre.
New conference building inaugurated
On 25 April, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik (left) jointly inaugurated the new conference building (M Building) at the Vienna International Centre. Mr. Ban stated: "The building will also be used as the central hub of many diplomats from all around the world to discuss the future of our world."