06/01/2020
Today, Agora has officially joined the conversation by launching photo contest!
Make your voices heard about what you want for the future by uploading your most powerful & optimistic shots in the app now ➡️ bit.ly/2A6LmCS
07/04/2019
UN STAFF: the head of Operational Support has kicked off an initial nomination period for the launch of a new Surge Capacity Pool to facilitate rapid deployment of current UN staff to address critical situations globally. Read more on our website http://ow.ly/I9ie50uTm5A United Nations United Nations Peacekeeping United Nations Department of Operational Support United Nations Regional Service Centre Entebbe United Nations Office at Geneva United Nations Vienna All hands on deck!
06/25/2019
United Nations STAFF: The POINT Intranet platform used at United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and other field missions will be decommissioned on 1 July 2019. POINT has migrated to iSeek the UN Intranet, the enterprise Drupal-based platform for the global Secretariat. Read more at https://iseek.un.org/content/point-decommissioning-1-july-2019 (requires login)
06/14/2019
“Climate change offers an opportunity for multilateralism to prove its value.”
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for urgent and ambitious in the latest issue of TIME. mag.time.com/BAz0Mfl
06/10/2019
We are pleased to announce that the 2019 United Nations Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is now open and is accepting applications until 21 July 2019.
Read more on the DOS website at https://operationalsupport.un.org/en/application-period-2019-young-professional-programme-employment-examination-is-now-open
05/23/2019
Did you know that outreach to the global business community and “supplier diversity” (e.g. the strategy to engage with women-owned companies) are key to the UN’s supply chain management strategy? Christian Saunders, Assistant Secretary-General for Supply Chain Management, recently conducted an interview with Africa Renewal – a flagship United Nations publication that covers critical topics related to social and economic development in Africa. Read more on our website at https://operationalsupport.un.org/en/chief-of-supply-chain-management-interviewed-africa-renewal-magazine-untv
05/21/2019
UN blue helmets in South Sudan use Sustainable Development Goals to help build peace
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has concluded the week by harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support the nation, including by offering free medical services, encompassing SDG 3’s target on health coverage.