The World’s Largest Cities (Are No Longer the Ones You Think)

In 1975, there were just eight megacities, defined as cities with more than 10 million inhabitants, worldwide. Fifty years later, that number has risen...

“Multilateralism is alive”: how UN labour agency tackles social justice 

"My grandmother was a child domestic worker in the Netherlands, what we now consider child labour,” recounts Peter van Rooij, Regional Director for Europe...

Shared Lives, Shared Future: a UN exhibition comes to Brussels

Nearly 50 life-size portraits are coming to the heart of Brussels this month, putting human faces to the global work of the United Nations...

17th High-level meeting between the ILO and the European Commission

The International Labour Organization and the European Commission set renewed strategic agenda for social justice, quality jobs and a human-centred future of work. The two...

UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: July 2026

Monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products. Topic of the month: Artificial Intelligence

AI explained: Why the world needs to act now

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up. Just a few years ago, it could answer questions or generate text. Today, it...

EU OceanEye initiative offers a pivotal moment for strengthening global ocean observation

The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and its long-standing European regional alliance EuroGOOS welcome the European Commission’s OceanEye initiative as a major step for...

The World’s Largest Cities (Are No Longer the Ones You Think)

In 1975, there were just eight megacities, defined as cities with more than 10 million inhabitants, worldwide. Fifty years later, that number has risen...

“Multilateralism is alive”: how UN labour agency tackles social justice 

"My grandmother was a child domestic worker in the Netherlands, what we now consider child labour,” recounts Peter van Rooij, Regional Director for Europe...

Shared Lives, Shared Future: a UN exhibition comes to Brussels

Nearly 50 life-size portraits are coming to the heart of Brussels this month, putting human faces to the global work of the United Nations...

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