Bonn, 24 October. All UN-member states celebrate the anniversary of its charter, which entered in effect on 24 October 1945 on the "UN-Day". The City of Bonn celebrated for the seventh time its annual UN-Day with a manifold information programme for children and adults.

 

Various UN agencies based in Bonn such as the German Society for the United Nations, the Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development as well as German organisations dealing with international development projects introduced themselves to the public. The tents with information booths and colourful exhibitions were displayed on the Market Square in front of the Old Town Hall.

 

The CMS Secretariat shared an exhibition tent with the German Office of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), the Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV).

 

CMS presented its newly designed exhibition explaining the aims, purposes and activities of the Convention and its Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding.

 

The German Federal President Johannes Rau (pictured above and left) and the Lady Mayor of the City of Bonn, Bärbel Dieckmann, who were both patrons of the UN-Day, started their circuit with a visit to the CMS booth.

Click here to view the CMS common exhibition online