Get Involved
The UN Charter starts with "We the peoples."
Work with us, and together we will shape our future.
There are many ways to join us and to get involved.
You can apply and become a staff member, a volunteer, or an intern. You can connect with us on social media and join the global conversation on the issues facing humanity.
You can affiliate your NGO with the UN, or join the UN Global Compact, if you are in the private sector.
You can conduct research on the UN, teach courses on the UN, or cover the UN as a journalist.
#VisitUN: How to Visit Us Virtually - Tour of the United Nations
Partner With Us
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Business
The international business community is embracing corporate responsibility and is now working side by side with the UN to make the world a better place. Through the UN Global Compact, companies embrace 10 universal principles. At the Climate Summit, corporations made commitments to help mitigate climate change.
Partnering with the international community to help solve humanity's problems is not only good global citizenship, it is also good business. Here are some resources to help you achieve this.
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Civil Society
The UN recognizes the importance of partnering with civil society and we offer a few ways for joining us in building a better, safer and more sustainable world.
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Donate
Do you want to contribute to the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVID-19 response? Help refugees and migrants? Support food delivery to countries in crisis? Help to protect the world's cultural heritage? Help reduce child mortality?
You can support various initiatives by donating to the United Nations, or its agencies that are dedicated to these causes.
Connect With Us
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Visitors
Learn about our work by visiting us. We offer guided, as well as virtual tours (please check for any COVID-related restrictions).
Appropriate for a variety of groups (including students, educators, civic and business leaders, NGOs), the Speakers Bureau gives you the opportunity to interact with a UN expert on a wide selection of topics on our agenda and current events.
The briefings are available in the 6 UN-official languages, as well as German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Urdu.
UNICs
This network of 60 UN Information Centres (UNICs) is key to our ability to reach the peoples of the world in their own languages. UNICs work in coordination with the UN system reaching out to local media and educational institutions; engaging in partnerships with governments, local civil society organizations and the private sector; and maintaining libraries and electronic information resources.
By translating information materials into local languages, engaging opinion-makers and placing op-ed articles by senior UN officials in the national media, or organizing events to highlight issues or observances, the network of UNICs is one of the main vehicles through which we tell our story to the world.
UNICs give global messages a local accent and help bring the UN closer to the people it serves.
Media
Journalists play an important part in our work; they help explain to the public what the Organization does and why. If you are interested in covering our work, you may find these resources helpful.
Media accreditation
MALU NY - USA>>
Geneva - Switzerland>>
Nairobi, Kenya>>
VIC - Vienna, Austria>>
Fellowships, funds and associations
Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists' Fellowship Programme - for young journalists
The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund - for mid-level journalists
UN Correspondents Association (UNCA)
News
Office of the Spokesperson
UN Daily Journal
News from the UN
Social Media
For the social-media inclined, we have several channels to engage with, share, or just say hello! Our social media team brings you from-the-source global UN news and blogs from around the world. This includes Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Medium, and TikTok. Many of our accounts are in several languages; you can find them in the 6 official UN languages and more.
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- Disclaimer: The United Nations does not guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of any comments posted to its social media outlets. Users must not post any content that is obscene, defamatory, profane, libelous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to any person or entity.
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Verified
As the world confronts its biggest challenge in living memory, there has never been a greater need for accurate, verified information. Verified is an initiative of the United Nations, in collaboration with Purpose, to provide content that cuts through the noise to deliver life-saving information, fact-based advice and stories from the best of humanity.
By promoting and sharing Verified content, you can play a crucial role in the work of Verified by spreading reliable information about COVID-19.
Verified’s team of communicators, creatives and researchers produce content based on the latest information and guidance from the UN, the WHO and other UN agencies.
Teach and Learn
Find out more
The role of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme
How to Get a Job in a United Nations Mission - UN Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions - see The Work of Peace exhibitions
The UNV Online Volunteering service allows volunteers and organizations to tackle the world's important issues together
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times - Presented by Thandie Newton
#MyBodyIsMyOwn - People should have autonomy over their own bodies: UNFPA flagship report: State of World Population Report 2021
Sustainability and I | Voices Of Youth - UNICEF
