On 14 December, the UN Information Centre (UNIC) Yaounde organised a media event entitled "Advocacy for Reporting on Environment" to share information on the UN Conference on Climate Change recently held in Bali, Indonesia.  The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Assistant Resident Representative and Focal Point on Environment explained the key questions on environment raised during the Bali Conference.

On 11 December, a suicide bomber attacked the UN House in Algeria. The deadly truck bomb blast destroyed most of the United Nations offices. 17 United Nations staff members were killed and others were injured. The offices of UNIC Algiers, based on the ground floor of the UN building, were partly destroyed. Two UNIC staff members sustained minor injuries but have now recovered from their injuries.

Following the terrible attack, UNIC Algiers (established in 1963) could not recover the contents of its library.  This was a key component of UNIC’s work and contained valuable collections of documents dating back to 1948.  The part of the building containing UNIC's library was not destroyed but is located in an unsafe part of the damaged building. A priority of UNIC Algiers, while resuming its regular activities, will be to reconstitute its library's contents.

UNIC Algiers will soon be relocated in new premises and will continue to inform the Algerian public about UN goals and activities, to help people better understand how the United Nations work worldwide makes a difference in their lives.

On 10 December 2007 UNIC Moscow held a round-table on "Convention on the Rights of the Disabled: Towards its Ratification by Russia" together with the NGO "Perspectiva," as well as the World Bank Moscow Office and the Office of UN Resident Coordinator.

The discussion brought together around 70 participants and lasted almost five hours. It focused on the significance of the Convention and its fate in Russia.

The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Harare commemorated Human Rights Day on Monday 10 December with a media briefing.  The aim of the briefing was to bring together the media, government, civil society and non-governmental organizations to discuss human rights issues.

Speakers at the event included a representative for the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Deputy Resident Representative. The UNDP Deputy Representative read the Secretary-General's statement for the Day and launched the beginning of the year-long commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.