Today, October 24, marks the anniversary of the UN Charter, established in 1945. As the global community works to respond to the Ebola outbreak — which World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan has called “likely the greatest peacetime challenge that the United Nations and its agencies have ever faced” — there has perhaps never been a more appropriate year to honor the working relationship between the U.S. and the UN. As we’ve seen with […]

The United Nations and its agencies, including the World Health Organization, are on the ground in West Africa, working with governments and non-governmental groups to stop the Ebola outbreak. Along with partners, the UN is constructing Ebola treatment centers, providing medical expertise, airlifting aid including protective gear, delivering food, training health care workers, and much more. The World Health Organization shared with us photographs capturing the response efforts in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and we

By Liza Gross La Fundación de las Naciones Unidas y la Asociación de las Naciones Unidas de EEUU (UNA-USA) reconocieron la destacada contribución de individuos, organizaciones y corporaciones a la labor de las Naciones Unidas en su gala anual celebrada anoche en Nueva York. Aproximadamente 500 huéspedes asistieron a la entrega de los Premios al Liderazgo Global 2014, incluyendo distinguidas personalidades como el célebre empresario Ted Turner, la reina Rania de Jordania, el ex presidente

Flying at 39,000 feet on my return home from Haiti, I finally had a few moments to think about what I saw and heard over the past few days in the country. Certainly I was struck by what has changed on the surface in the three years since my last visit to Haiti: the near-absence of 2010 earthquake rubble from the streets and the movement of hundreds of thousands of Haitians from temporary shelter to

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” – Fred Rogers “I need to work for my country,” said Linda Harding, a community health nurse in Sierra Leone, who is helping with the response to the Ebola outbreak in her country. As the disease continues to take a heavy toll in

Next month in Lima, Peru, negotiators from around the world will gather for the next round of United Nations climate talks. That will be an important moment on the journey to Paris in 2015, when all countries have pledged to reach a new global agreement on climate change. But in many ways, the key moment of this important year occurred in Copenhagen last week, when scientists and national governments agreed on a report summarizing the

Yesterday, Family Planning 2020 launched Partnership in Progress, a report on global efforts to fulfill the ambitious goal set at the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning: deliver life-saving contraception to an additional 120 million women and girls living in the world’s poorest countries by the year 2020. When women are able to decide for themselves whether and when to have children, everyone benefits: Women are healthier, more prosperous, and have greater opportunities to pursue education and

We are exactly four weeks away from #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving. What I love about #GivingTuesday is the incredible sense of community the day inspires – a community of giving reflecting a community of people who know that a simple donation can make a world of difference. On December 2, Shot@Life supporters will be gathering in communities across the country to call on their friends and family to stand up for childhood and