Online Briefing

From the comfort of your home or classroom, join a UN online briefing -- a unique educational opportunity offered to your group by our Speakers Bureau to listen and interact live for 45 minutes to 1 hour with a UN expert. This will enable your participants to deepen their knowledge on a range of topics -- from peacekeeping and human rights to the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as a general overview of the work of the Organization and its history.

An Online Briefing session is 60 minutes long, including Q&A with a UN expert speaker.

• Online briefings are designed for a range of groups, including students (high school and above), educators, civic and business leaders, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), etc.
• Please request your online briefing 8 weeks in advance.
• Online briefings are organized for a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 30 participants.
• Online briefings can be offered with or without a virtual tour. To book a virtual event/online briefing, Click here.
• Please note that this is only a request. You will receive a final response two weeks before the date at the very latest.

UN Virtual Tour The one-hour UN Virtual Tour offers an exciting opportunity to explore the United Nations from the comfort of your home. You will have a chance to meet live one of our multilingual tour guides who will take you on a virtual journey through the history of the United Nations and speak about the Organization’s work in addressing global challenges. The tour includes a Q&A with the tour guide. !.

Meeting Platform:

Our virtual sessions are scheduled on Microsoft Teams. A meeting link will be shared with you after your booking is confirmed.

If you prefer to use Zoom instead, we would ask you to host and to moderate the event and to share the meeting link with us.

As a matter of policy, please note that recording the virtual sessions is not permitted. !.

Rates for 2024 & 2025

Online Briefing (45~60 min.) For 20 – 30 participants, there is a briefing fee of $215.00 per online briefing, when the briefing is combined with a virtual guided tour (tour and briefing taking place on the same day).

If the online briefing is standalone, then the charge is $300.00 per briefing.

Once the briefing is confirmed, you will be charged at the latest 3 days before it takes place !.

Payment methods:

We accept credit card, Google Pay & Apple Pay payments ONLY (a 3% vendor convenience fee will apply) Checks and Purchase orders are not accepted

All sales are final - no exchanges or refunds are offered. !.

Hours of operation:

Online Briefings are available on weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. !.

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Choose your desired date from the calendar and submit the form.

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Closed Dates

2024 Nov 28th -------------- Thanksgiving Day Dec 25th -------------- Christmas Day

2025 January 1st ----------- New Year's Day January 7th ----------- Orthodox Christmas March 10th/11th --- Commission on the Status of Women March 31st ------------ Eid al-Fitr (observed) April 18th -------------- Good Friday May 26th --------------- Memorial Day June 6th ---------------- Eid al-Adha (observed) July 4th ----------------- Independence Day September 1st ------- Labour Day Sep.15 ~ Oct.3 ------ The 80th General Assembly Session November 27th ----- Thanksgiving Day December 25th ------ Christmas Day