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We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our colleagues
at the UN Guided Tours---present and past!--- as they celebrate their
50th Anniversary on 6 November 2002. The Tours have been the integral
"public face" of our Organization, in particular its Department of Public
Information, which has this month begun a restructuring of its operations
at United Nations Headquarters to address the mission articulated by
the Secrerary-General in his most recent proposals for organizational
reform to "ensure that its information materials and related activities
have the desired impact and constitute an effective means to project
the Organizations own distinctive voice to the world at large".

The United Nations has a compelling story to tell. And it must be told well,
because public support is essential for strengthening the Organization.
In this edition of the UN Chronicle e-mail alert, we feature some of the
articles we have carried in this regard---including one a little older
than the guided tours themselves!

Issue 4, 2002
· http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue4/102502_unguidedtours.html">It Took 25 for Men to Break the Gender Barrier: Fifty Years of the UN Guided Tours."
     by Pauline Karakat, Masters candidate at the Gallatin School of
     Individualized Study, New York University, New York, USA.
    

Issue 4, 1998
· http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1998/issue4/498p76.htm">Art... at Home in the United Nations."
     by Edward Marks, author of "A World of Art: the United Nations Collection".
     He has also written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and other publications.
            

· http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1998/issue4/498p70.htm">Opinion: Whether the United Nations should try to be popular?"
     by Thomas B. Kirkbride, C.B.E., Director of Administration
     and Financial Service, UN Office at Geneva, Switzerland (1969-1974).
            

Issue 4, 1997
· http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1997/issue4/0497p18.html">Communicating Effectively: The United Nations in the National Media"
     by Hans Dahlgren, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations.
    

Historical articles from our archive
· http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue3/110502_unconf_freedom_conclu.html">Conclusions of UN Freedom of Information Conference 1948"
    

· http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue3/110502_unconf_freedom_achieve.html">UN Freedom of Information Conference 1948: What the Conference Achieved."
     by Carlos P. Romulo, President of the Conference on Freedom of Information (1948),
     Permanent Representive of the Philippines to the United Nations (1945-54),
     President of the Fourth General Assembly of the United Nations (1949-50).
    

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It is not an official record; the views expressed
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