UN Audio Library

“The road of Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony is also the road followed by the authors of the preamble of the Charter”, says former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in this introduction to a symphonic concert for UN Day.

In this drama narrated by British actor Herbert Marshall, an officer from the International Refugee Organization (former Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees) reunites with two displaced persons whom he assisted two years earlier.

Actress Helen Hayes narrates reports on the Korean War.

Actors Gene Lockhart and Marsha Hunt perform in this drama that raises awareness of tuberculosis.