In the wake of the Second World War, a UN conference was convened in London, in the global headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), to create an organisation that would bring global peace and security by means of moral and intellectual solidarity.

UNESCO: & the UK

For 2002, proclaimed United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, UNESCO has chosen the themes of reconciliation and development as the focus of its activities, which will be presented at UN headquarters in New York today by UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Culture, Mounir Bouchenaki.

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UN's local headquarters and the embassies of some of the countries providing troops.

ECONOMIST: Friend or foe in East Timor

More than 120 heads of state and governments as well as heads of international organizations will gather at the UN Headquarters to discuss the current global challenges and design corresponding solutions.

UNESCO: Education, the environment and counter-terrorism are at the core of Irina Bokova��s agenda at the 66th UN General Assembly