Secretary-General António Guterres talks to the press in front of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of the Bahamas during his trip to that country affected by Hurricane Dorian. UN Photo/Mark Garten
Television continues to be the single largest source of video consumption. Though screen sizes have changed, and people create, post, stream and consume content on different platforms, the number of households with television sets around the world continues to rise. The interaction between emerging and traditional forms of broadcast creates a great opportunity to raise awareness about the important issues facing our communities and our planet.
The United Nations provides a suite of multimedia products and services covering the work of the United Nations both at Headquarters and around the world, to reach audiences and support the work of the international news media.
UN Videos are produced for news and social platforms as well as for broadcast partners in the six official languages of the UN (French, Spanish, English, Chinese, Arabic, Russian), as well as Hindi, Kiswahili, and Portuguese.
Footage of breaking news and events in field missions and UN agencies are shared with partners in raw news packages by UNifeed, which enables news providers to cover important global issues by offering timely broadcast-quality video from throughout the UN system. Stories come from the global network of UN specialized agencies, funds and programmes, peacekeeping operations and UN Headquarters. New stories are posted on the UNifeed website as soon as they become available.
UN Video producers report from locations around the globe — from peacekeeping missions such as Mali and South Sudan throughout the UN’s vast network of operations worldwide. Highlights include an Oscar-winning short documentary on people with disabilities; a Virtual Reality film featuring young climate activists in the Pacific on the frontlines of climate crisis and the President of the General Assembly, giving a 360 degree tour of the General Assembly Hall; a story about victims of terrorism in Cameroon and Nigeria, and a video produced for Earth Day as a poignant reminder of the urgent need to protect the planet.
Check out UN in Action, and UN Video's social media and special events products, such as this trailer to the UN General Assembly’s current session.
The UN Audio-Visual Library has a treasure trove of archival video and audio, marking iconic and historic moments from the last 70 years.
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