United Nations

United Nations conference on water rights (incomplete).Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC CollectionWNYC archives id: 7587221Municipal archives id: T7705

U Thant, Secretary General of the United Nations, speaks on the importance of the World Youth Assembly, a scholarship program to bring young global citizens together, similar to the U...

In this statement, United Nations Secretary General U Thant discusses the escalation of the Vietnam War as well as other conflicts in Cambodia and Laos. He argues that military action...

UN Secretary General outlines his global policy concerns at a luncheon for the Hammarskjold Memorial Scholarship fund.

President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaks before the United Nations General Assembly immediately following the endorsement of a treaty to limit the use of nuclear weapons. He advocates f...

This is the first press conference of the General Assembly session. Thant congratulates Mr. Allfell, the newly elected president of the UN Press Corps. President Johnson's state of t...

T2233 and T2234 Mr. Ragavand leads the questions from the press corps. U Thant expresses confidence in the UN as more than a forum for debate. His position on Vietnam has not chang...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations speaks on the objectives of peace and human advancement in the face of the Vietnam War.

U Thant appeals for aid to

Secretary-General U Thant address the press at this luncheon. Expresses his deep concern about the current situation in Vietnam, but says there is little he can talk about. U Thant ta...

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1965-uu-uu. Secretary General of the United Nations U...

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. 19th annual United Nations Day Concert. Opens with reporter de...

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. Opens with room noise. Stevenson addresses the press corp at ap...

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. 18th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Engli...

In the 17th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Andrei Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Soviet Union, provides opening statements to the press on foreign...