This is my first issue as Editor-in-chief. My aim is to continue the thrilling adventure of UN Today, which took over from UN Special a year ago with my predecessor...
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Editor’s Note – December 2020
This is my last edition as Editor-in-Chief of UN Today and I want to express my appreciation to all of you, our readers, for your permanent support to our editorial...
Editor’s Note – November 2020
Whether you stand out at work for the colour of your skin, or even if you don’t but care about the present and future, this edition of UN Today is for you. We know that...
Editor’s Note – October 2020
When delegates attended the formal ceremony in San Francisco to sign the UN Charter in 1945, they had a unique vision and the necessary commitment to create a global...
Editor’s Note – September 2020
The United Nations presence in Geneva is vast, multidisciplinary, multicultural, multilingual and -literally- from all over the world. It has been here for a century,...
Editor’s Note – July-August 2020
Fashion is an environmental and social emergency, too often overlooked and ignored. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the need to address pressing issues and ‘build...
Editor’s Note – June 2020
This edition is unique, as it marks the 800th monthly publication of our long history. As most of you know, we started in 1949 as UN Special right here, at the Palais...
Editor’s Note – May 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around theworld, and we continue to work from home, amidst a delugeof negative news and somber statistics. However, wehave...
Editor’s Note – April 2020
Alexander Mejia, Editor-in-chief The 2019 Coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) pandemic has affected the way we work at the United Nations in Geneva in ways that we could not...
Editor’s Note – February 2020
This is a special editorial. It is the first of what we hope becomes a long line of welcome messages to introduce every edition of our new magazine, UN Today. After...