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Oscar Niemeyer, the youngest member of the Board of Design in charge of the United Nations Headquarters died last Thursday, 5 December 2012, at the age of 104. Niemeyer left a great legacy that has and will inspire many generations of architects to come.

To celebrate his work and pay tribute to one of the most audacious architects of his time, the Archives and Records Management Section (ARMS) presents an online exhibition: “...

ARMS is now ready to receive researchers to our new reading room.

The environment is more quiet and researchers have separate access and a designated restroom.

Nairobi, 20 Feb. 2012 – More than 120 staff from 18 entities of the United Nations based in East Africa this month attended a special workshop of the Archives and Records Management Section (ARMS) to ensure that records and archives are handled properly and in conformity with UNHQ rules.

The workshop 6-14 February presented by UNHQ ARMS Chief, Ms. Bridget Sisk, was held at the invitation of the United Nations Kenya Common Services Management Team Working Group...

 In its resolution 12/12, the Human Rights Council invited the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene a seminar on the importance of archives as a means to guarantee the right to the truth and to report on the outcome of the seminar to the Council at its seventeenth session. The seminar took place on 24 and 25 February 2011, and the present report is submitted in accordance with the Council’s request.

The discussion during the...