PHOTOS: Inside the World’s Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot Mark Leon Goldberg February 21, 2017 UN Dispatch recently visited a vast complex on the outskirts of Dubai that stores humanitarian relief items for dispatch anywhere in the world. When disaster strikes, this places snaps into action. These photos...
Five Powerful Photos from South Sudan Mark Leon Goldberg July 8, 2016 South Sudan commemorates its fifth anniversary as an independent country on July 9. But the half decade since independence has not been kind to the world's youngest country. In December 2013 a civil war broke o...
PHOTO ESSAY: Struggles, Hopes and Fears of Women in Nepal, One Year After the Earthquake Mark Leon Goldberg April 8, 2016 Journalist Sonia Narang is in Nepal this month for the one year anniversary of the earthquake. Over 8,000 people were killed and 17,000 injured when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Katmandu Valley on Apri...
Here’s What Happens When the World’s Most Renowned Photographers Capture the Refugee Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg March 30, 2016 The UN Refugee Agency teamed up with some of the world's most acclaimed photographers in a new exhibit that illustrates the global refugee crisis. The photos, some of which are included below, are on display at...
This Giant Mural in Oakland, California Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg June 25, 2015 On June 26, 1945 representatives of 50 countries gathered in San Francisco sign the the United Nations Charter, the treaty that gave birth to the United Nations. To commemorate the event the artist Zio Ziegl...
The UN’s Hurt Locker Mark Leon Goldberg February 16, 2015 The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) was established in 1997 to rid the world of mines and un-exploded ordinance. The agency is the UN's Hurt Locker, running operations in conflict and post conflict z...
