Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Parliament Buildings go blue for UN Day

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Parliament Buildings joined 150 international landmarks in a glowing blue tribute to mark UN Day yesterday.

Monuments, buildings, museums, bridges and other iconic structures in more than 45 countries took on the official colour of the United Nations, as part of a global campaign for UN Day and the 70th anniversary of the United Nations.

From Australia’s world famous Sydney Opera House to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro to the Empire State Building in New York were in a wave of blue.

On Friday night Parliament Buildings, a symbol of the island’s 376-year-old system of government . . . .

Please read the full story in today’s Sunday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.

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