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The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC) (prior to 1 January 2019, the United Nations Department of Public Information) is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations. It is tasked with raising public awareness and support of the work of the United Nations through strategic communications campaigns, media and ...
NewsNation is an American subscription television network owned by the Nexstar Media Group, and is the company's only wholly owned, national cable -originated television channel. The channel runs a straight-news format for 24 hours on weekdays and eight hours on weekends, as well as entertainment programming (consisting of comedy and drama ...
The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...
The United Nations Information Service at Geneva ( UNIS Geneva) is part of a network of United Nations Information Centres [1] across the world working to promote greater public understanding of the aims and activities of the United Nations. UNIS Geneva operates from the United Nations Office at Geneva, the second-biggest of the four major ...
The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex of buildings in New York City that serves as the official seat of the global organization. It includes the iconic General Assembly Hall, the Security Council Chamber, and the Secretariat Building. Learn more about the history, design, and functions of the UN headquarters on this Wikipedia page.
The bloc of emerging market nations known as BRICS—which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is expanding its membership for the first time since 2010.
The World Press Freedom Index ( WPFI) is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002 based upon the organization's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year. It intends to reflect the degree of freedom that journalists, news organizations, and netizens ...
In March 2012, UN official Khulood Badawi, an Information and Media Coordinator for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, tweeted a picture of a Palestinian child covered in blood captioned the picture with "Another child killed by #Israel... Another father carrying his child to a grave in #Gaza."