On 18 and 19 April 2008, the UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Ankara organized two get-togethers hold with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spouses Association. Fifty children who are under the protection of Social Services and Child Protection Institution where hosted on the occasion of  Children’s Day in Turkey. Representatives from other UN agencies, including UNICEF, UNDP and UNFPA, joined the event and briefed the children about their activities as well as children's rights.

The children took also part in interactive games and in a question-and-answer session about the UN. As some of the teachers stated, the children cherished this event which took place outside their school.

In commemoration of the 14th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda the UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Dar es Salaam, the Embassy of Rwanda and the University of Dar es Salaam Human Rights Association jointly organized two activities with the theme "Remembering the genocide while fighting against its ideology, rendering assistance to survivors, and focusing on development".

The 7 April 2008 commemoration included a church ceremony and candle-lighting in memory of the victims of the genocide, a musical performance by students from a local public school, and statements by the UN Resident Coordinator, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Tanzania, the Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps Group, the Ambassador of Rwanda, and a representative of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The UN Clubs Tanzania Network presented a poem entitled "See through me" and a video entitled "Rwanda Today: Legacies of Genocide" was screened.

On 12 April 2008 an open forum took place at the University of Dar es Salaam with presentations from representatives of the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation, the University of Dar es Salaam and the ICTR. About 500 students, academics, members of the diplomatic corps, and civil society representatives attended the forum and joined in a lively discussion.

The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) took a small but significant step towards becoming more environmentally friendly. On 10 April 2008, senior managers from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UNOV joined 22nd District Mayor Norbert Scheed and Sabine Mitterer from the city of Vienna's Environment Department to distribute cloth shopping bags to staff members at the Vienna International Centre (VIC).

The objective of the event was to raise awareness of how individuals can actively contribute towards being more environmentally friendly at work and in their private lives. In the spirit of "Reduce-Reuse-Recycle", the cloth bags should encourage staff members to stop using plastic shopping bags for their purchases.

1,000 shopping bags were handed out and staff members were asked about their views on how to further 'green' the UN. Suggestions ranged from planting flowers in the plaza and switching off office lights to taking public transportation to work and even changing the security officers' uniforms to green.

This initiative forms part of a larger effort across all United Nations agencies, funds and programmes to "green" the UN. Announced by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on World Environment Day 5 June 2007, the initiative covers all aspects of the Organization's work, from a commitment towards achieving climate-neutrality in its buildings, to becoming more energy-efficient and eliminating wasteful practices at work.

The United Nations Office in Uzbekistan announced the winners of a poster contest held from October through December 2007 with the theme "UN Contribution to Human Development through the Language of Contemporary Design."

The contest was co-sponsored by the UN Development Programme in Uzbekistan, the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia and the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan and was open to both professional and amateur artists and designers from Uzbekistan.

The objective of the contest was to promote the contributions of the United Nations to human development through the design of campaign posters.

A jury made up of well-known graphic designers and experts recognized in the field of art and visual communication took on the difficult task of choosing the best works from over one hundred entries.

The first prize was awarded to Artur Kan for the poster entitled "Fill in life with colour". Second prize was shared by Alexander Barkovskiy for his series of posters on human development and Makhbuba Bakhramova for the poster entitled "...Was very young". Third prize went to Kamila Galitskaya for the poster entitled "In captivity", from her series of posters on AIDS and drug abuse.

"I was positively surprised by the variety and the quality of entries," said Anna Paolini, UNESCO Representative in Uzbekistan and chair of the jury. "While a lot of the entries focused on anti-AIDS and anti-smoking campaigns, the one chosen by the jury got a real consensus of being the most representative of the theme and also the most innovative in its artistic and cultural expressions."