Annual Peace Bell Ceremony held in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September)

Ceremony at the Japanese Peace Bell before returning it temporarily to Japan for United Nations Pavillion at the World Exposition in Osaka.

This documentary features women for whom literacy is making a difference and shows a number of projects that advance literacy for women.

New York's Mobile Book Library serving the population of Queens, New York.

Marking International Day Against Nuclear Tests, General Assembly speakers call for universal adherence of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

Nuclear-test-ban treaty’s potential will not be realized until it enters into force, speakers stress, as General Assembly marks international day.

Screening of "A Tribute to the Team", a short documentary remembering the victims of the 19 August 2003 terrorist attack on UN Baghdad.

World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to mobilize people to advocate for a more humane world.

In 1993, through resolution A/RES/47/75 the UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Year of the World’s Indigenous People with the aim to encourage a new relationship between States and indigenous peoples, and between the international community and indigenous peoples — a new partnership based on mutual respect and understanding. The year was requested by indigenous organizations and is the result of their efforts to secure their cultural integrity and rights into the twenty-first century.