The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Samoa will commemorate the United Nations Day on Tuesday at the One UN House in Tuanaimato.

The UN Day 2023 organised in Samoa aims to demonstrate unity and hope for a profound and impactful presence of the United Nations to serve the Cook Islands, Niue Samoa and Tokelau to inform all of its partners and communities about its work and achievements and encourage partnerships and meaningful support towards accomplishing common goals.

The UN Day 2023 event will run from 10 am to 2 pm and will be attended by the members of the Samoa Government, development organisations, civil society, youth, the media and other interested partners.

The programme of the day includes a tour of the UN exhibitions to learn and understand more about the distinct agencies of the UNCT and their work; keynote reflections and remarks from the Prime Minister of Samoa, the Resident Coordinator of the UN, the New Zealand High Commissioner on behalf of the development organisations, and Miss Samoa as a youth and women representative.

It will conclude with cultural entertainment and networking between partners and the UN to encourage familiar relations and opportunities for collaboration. The event is a joint collaboration of the UNCT with the coordination led by the Resident Coordinators Office.

The United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting on the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. 

In 1947 the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 October as the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, naming it the UN Day and it is specifically “devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for its work".

The celebration of the United Nations anniversary also comes one to two months after the arrival of the new UNDP Resident Representative Aliona Niculita and United Nations Resident Coordinator Themba Kalu who will both be based in Apia.