Lagos - UNIC Lagos marked the International Day on Tuesday 29 January 2013 at the hall of a private secondary school – Fountain Heights Secondary School. The event which attracted a total of 172 participants included five senior secondary school students, the media and two NGOs. (more…)
Archive ‘Lagos News’
Report on the event to mark 2013 International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
Friday, 1 February 2013Observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25 Nov. 2012.
Friday, 30 November 2012Lagos - United Nations Information Centre Lagos Nigeria, in collaboration with an NGO – Women Optimum Development Foundation (WODEF) organized an interactive forum on Tuesday 27 November 2012 to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. (more…)
REPORT ON UN DAY 2012 ACTIVITIES
Thursday, 25 October 2012Lagos - UNIC Lagos Library Assistant was in two schools in the week of 22nd October to mark UN Day. She was at Ebenezery Heights International School, Lekki, Lagos on Monday 22 October for the UN4U outreach programme and Tade School in Apapa, Lagos to mark UN Day and also the UN4U outreach programme on Wednesday 24 October. (more…)
REPORT ON THE EVENT TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE 2012
Monday, 22 October 2012Lagos - UNIC Lagos Library Assistant (who is acting as the Officer-in-Charge) was at the event organised by an NGO – African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives to mark the International Day of Peace. (more…)
Celebration of the United Nation Day
Monday, 24 October 2011Lagos - United Nations marks 66th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter since 1945.
24 October has been celebrated as the United Nations Day since 1948. (more…)
UNIC Lagos commemorates Nelson Mandela International Day
Monday, 18 July 2011Lagos – UNIC Lagos staff and interns (nine in all) serving at both UNIC Lagos and with an orphanage, spent 67 minutes of their time at a facility for persons with Down syndrome disability to honour Nelson Mandela on his Day. (more…)
Launch of Millennium Development Goals Report 2011
Monday, 11 July 2011Lagos – The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos collaborated with other UN System agencies in Lagos, including WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNFPA and IFC, to launch the Millennium Development Goals Report on Thursday, 7 July 2011. No fewer than 72 participants, including leaders of civil society organizations, representatives of the media and government institutions attended the Launch. (more…)
Report On World Environment Day
Sunday, 5 June 2011Lagos - United Nation World Environment Day is commemorated annually on the 5th of June and to observe this event, the United Nations Information Centre, Lagos Nigeria organized an event on June 7, 2011 in collaboration with the Nigerian Environmental Society and CFAO-NIPEN Group. (more…)
Observance Of International Day Of United Nations Peacekeepers
Sunday, 29 May 2011Lagos - To create an awareness on the importance of the activities of United Nations Peacekeepers to school pupils, the United Nations Information Centre Lagos screened films on the theme of the 2011 observance of the International Day of Peacekeepers (Law, Order and Peace), at Badagry Senior Grammar School with pupils of Government Senior College Ajara, Badagry, Lagos in attendance on Tuesday 31 May 2011. (more…)
World Press Freedom
Tuesday, 3 May 2011Lagos - World Press Freedom Day 2011 was celebrated in Nigeria on May 3, 2011. In Lagos, the United Nations Information Centre participated in an event jointly organized by the Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate and the Nigerian Union of Journalists. (more…)
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