8 Goals for Africa music video to be screened across South Africa during World Cup

Johannesburg, South Africa – Helen Clark, the chair of the UN Development Group which brings together all UN agencies working in development, today launched 8 Goals for Africa, a campaign song by eight of Africa’s best known musicians, calling for commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals – a set of eight internationally-agreed goals designed to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, and maternal and child deaths by 2015. More »

Dar es Salaam – The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Dar es Salaam hosted a special learning session for school children as part of the observance of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. The theme of the day was, “The Legacy of Survival.” More »

Dar es Salaam – UN staff in Tanzania held hands while they observe a minute of silence to express their sympathy with the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti at a wreath laying ceremony held at UN offices in Dar es Salaam, on Tuesday, 19 January 2010. More »

Dar es Salaam – Violence against women was the theme of the first joint UN advocacy campaign running from 25th November to 10 December 2009. National partner organizations commendably took the lead in addressing this serious issue in Tanzania. More »

Dar es Salaam – The United Nations staff members in Tanzania joined the world in commemorating for the first time ever World Humanitarian Day on 19 August 2009. The Day is aimed to honor all humanitarians and to increase public understanding of humanitarian assistance activities worldwide. More »