Secretary-General António Guterres visits Antigua, Barbuda and Dominica to to assess hurricane damage and recovery needs.
Secretary-General António Guterres visits Antigua, Barbuda and Dominica to to assess hurricane damage and recovery needs. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Getting the News Out

From emergency aid to Security Council vote – covering the gamut of UN activities around the world.

UN News

Catch up on the latest UN headlines and in-depth stories from around the world in nine languages (the six official languages, as well as Hindi, Kiswahili and Portuguese).

  • Daily multimedia news reports covering the work of the UN’s principal bodies and field agencies;
  • Focus pages including on COVID-19, explainers, interviews and feature stories;
  • Campaign and conference-related content;
  • Podcasts featuring interesting angles from the eyes of UN experts and beneficiaries;
  • Visit UN News, download the UN News app on iTunes and Google Play, subscribe to the UN News e-mail alerts brought to your inbox, or follow our audio programmes.

UN Television and Webcast/Streaming

Secretary-General on camera.

Follow events at UN Headquarters and around the world through live and on-demand streaming. Live feeds for broadcasters.

UN Video

A view of a UNTV Studio Technician

Features, packages for broadcasters, video messages and short videos on global issues.

Partnerships

First Theme flight on United Dream in 2018.

Reaching new audiences by providing media content to broadcasters, partners and publishers to enable them to use UN content on their outlets.

UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Noon Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General.

Get summaries of major meetings, statements, briefing summaries and notes to the press.

Media Accreditation and Liaison

A view of members of the press working in the media tent at UN Headquarters during the 2018 high-level week.

Where journalists come for accreditation and access to meetings, press events and key documents.

Audio-Visual Services

Access our library of footage, audio and photos for multimedia coverage of the United Nations.

  • AV materials on events and meetings at United Nations Headquarters today
  • Historical photo collections
  • Footage and audio from iconic moments in history
  • UN Radio Classics dating back to the 1940s

UN Photo

UN photographer Evan Schneider covering a press encounter outside the Security Council Chamber at UN headquarters.

Provides daily coverage of all major conferences and events at UN Headquarters and images from the field — from UN peace operations and aid efforts to projects promoting sustainable development and human rights.