United Nations Information Centre
UNIC

Promoting Awareness of the UN and
its Work in Turkey

UNIC’s Mandate
The mandate of the United Nations Information Center is to articulate UN priorities and activities on a timely basis, to raise awareness of the UN and its work, and to strengthen internal and external partnerships through outreach aiming at enhancing public understanding of the substantive impact of the Organization.

UNIC Worldwide
The United Nations strives to keep the general public fully informed of its priorities and the programmes supporting its goals and objectives. As field offices of the Department of Public Information, UNICs provide local communities with up-to-date information about the UN Organization and its activities in over 60 countries across the globe. UNICs enable people everywhere to be heard and gain a better understanding of how the United Nations is making a difference in their lives.

UNIC in Turkey
UNIC Office, working with the UN Communications Group in Turkey, promotes awareness of the UN’s priority issues through media events, interviews, press conferences, and feature articles. The priority issues include programmes addressing issues such as child survival and development, environmental protection, human rights, health and medical research, alleviation of poverty and economic development, agricultural development and fisheries, road safety, the fight against drugs, mine awareness, education, advancement of women,emergency and disaster relief. Additionally, UNIC Ankara carries out information management duties on enquiries about the UN System.

UNIC Library as a Valuable Resource
The UNIC Library in Ankara offers valuable resource material to researchers, students, and the general public on a wide range of subjects including statistics, international conventions, human rights, trade and environment. The Library provides both printed and multimedia reference material to local libraries. UNIC Ankara library also has an online searchable database available at http://www.un.org.tr/library.

UNIC reference is open to public between 9:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday and 9.30-12.30 on Fridays.