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A United Nations peacekeeper wearing a blue helmet interacts warmly with a group of smiling local children in a conflict-affected region.
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Information Center in Washington promotes UN values and work in the U.S. by engaging with the public, government, and key institutions.
Photo:UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran

About us

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Information Center in Washington, DC was one of the first of the ¡°UNICs¡± -- a global network established soon after the United Nations was founded to ensure the public can access its work.

We continue to be a resource for schools, non-profit organizations and the U.S. government. We prioritize requests from the U.S. State Department, National Security Council and Congress to meet with senior officials who regularly brief the Security Council and others at UN Headquarters in New York, coordinating closely with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

 

 

We also assist those interested in United Nations¡¯ work around the world, including the thousands of students and teachers who participate in Model UN clubs in the United States and more than 120 other nations.

UNIC-Washington is part of the United Nations Department of Global Communications led by .

For more about UNIC Washington, .

The UN system in Washington

A number of United Nations entities have offices in Washington. More information about them is available here.

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Information Center regularly convenes representatives of the United Nations offices in Washington to exchange information and help ensure an effective approach in the District of Columbia.

 

 

 

10 June 2025, Nearly three months after a catastrophic earthquake struck Myanmar, the country continues to grapple with its aftermath alongside the brutal civil war which has devastated the country since the February 2021 military coup.¡±

9 June 2025, The ocean is fundamental to life on our planet and to our future.

 

11 June 2025, Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability.

Vendors surrounded by garbage sell goods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
   

11 March 2025 Human Rights

Secretary-General's remarks at the Annual Memorial Service to honour United Nations Personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty from 1 January to 31 December 2024

5 June 2025, Secretary-General's remarks at the Annual Memorial Service to honour United Nations Personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty from 1 January to 31 December 2024.