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How to combat misinformation - Here you can find selected online resources on what the UN in doing against misinformation, COVID-10 misinformation, disinformation and hate speech

Information on the situation in Ukraine, 2014-2021

Looking for information on Transitional Justice? Then check out this backgrounder.

What is the United Nations doing to promote the rule of law:

What is “food insecurity”? For information on this topic, take a look at this backgrounder. Included is also a special section with UN news items about the impacts of the war in Ukraine on food security worldwide.

Looking for information on artificial intelligence (AI)? Here is an overview of selected resources from the UN system.

Are you looking for information on the Karabakh region? Then check out this backgrounder.

PDF Genocide was first recognised as a crime under international law in 1946 by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/96-I). It was codified as an...

Looking for information on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic? Then check out this backgrounder.

Looking for information on the Novel Coronavirus? Then check out this new backgrounder.

Looking for press & media contacts in the UN system? Check out this backgrounder.

Information about the UN's work on Responsibility to Protect (“RtoP” or “R2P”).

Looking for information about peacekeeping? Then check out this backgrounder.

Overview of UN entities work on protecting human rights.

What are the Sustainable Development Goals? Take a look at this backgrounder.