During the months of January and February 2009, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos visited four schools to brief students on the work of the United Nations.

On 14 January, UNIC's National Information Officer and Reference Assistant visited the Police Children’s School in Ikeja, Lagos, to explain the work of the UN and of the UN system in Nigeria to approximately 160 children aged 9–12 and their teachers.

On 23 January, the Flowers of Sharon Nursery and Primary School, Lagos, was the venue for the briefing by the National Information Officer and the Reference Assistant.  Approximately 50 children between 8 and 11 years of age attended this special class with their teachers.
 
On 24 February, the Reference Assistant and the Director visited St. Bernadette School in Lagos to discuss the UN’s work.  Approximately 110 children aged 10–11, the head teacher and his colleagues were briefed. 
 
On 27 February, the National Information Officer and the Reference Assistant visited the Police Children’s School, Idimu, Lagos, and briefed approximately 200 children of a similar age group (9–11).
 

The 27th annual East African Model United Nations (EAMUN) conference, which was opened on 23 February 2009 by the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) Director General, came to a close on 27 February 2009.

The Model UN conference took place at the United Nations in Nairobi and brought together approximately 1300 students from different East African schools. At the opening, the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, encouraged the delegates to be ambassadors of peace. The conference sought to increase the students’ knowledge of various universal problems and their potential solutions through discussions, negotiations and debates.

Model United Nations simulate the actual United Nations, where students from various schools act as delegates and take on the challenges of the world in discussing current economic, political and social issues. The conference is expected to pass resolutions on issues touching on economic development, ecology, human rights, health, peace and security, as well as the International Court of Justice.

EAMUN is one of four Model UN hosted by UN Nairobi. The others are The Junior Model United Nations, Middle level Model United Nations and the Kenya Model United Nations.

On 24-26 February 2009, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited South Africa. This was the first stop in a trip that had scheduled stops in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Egypt.

The Secretary-General arrived in the early evening of 24 February and he attended a dinner hosted by the UN Country Team. The following day, the Secretary-General met with President Kgalema Motlanthe and his cabinet. The discussions focused on the current global financial crisis and climate change.  He also met with United Nations country team members at United Nations Information Centre Pretoria and was interviewed by Business Day, a leading financial newspaper.

The Secretary-General then traveled to Johannesburg where he had separate meetings with former President Nelson Mandela, former President Thabo Mbeki and ANC President Jacob Zuma.

The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Bogota organized a press conference on 25 February 2009 for John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Mr. Holmes was visiting Colombia to assess the response of relief agencies working in Colombia and to meet with indigenous communities, government officials and civil society. The press conference was attended by 25 representatives from the national and international media.