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UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Niger

Looking for information on the situation in Niger? Take a look at this backgrounder.

UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Artificial Intelligence – Selected Online Resources

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

UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Sudan/Darfur

Overview of UN entities working in Sudan, Security Council Meetings on Sudan, statements by UN officials, etc.

UN Newsfeed

World squanders over 1 billion meals a day

Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of...

Welsh women’s peace appeal uncovered 100 years on

In 1923, the women of Wales took part in an unprecedented appeal: 390,296 women, representing 30% of the nation’s female population at the time,...

International law: Understanding justice in times of war

War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, ethnic cleansing: what do these international justice terms mean?  What are war crimes? War crimes are violations of international humanitarian law (whose perpetrators...

Navigating through the poly-crisis: Towards a global pact for...

The interplay between new wars, climate crisis, rising inequalities, and the COVID-19 pandemic have put the future of people and the planet high on...

António Guterres in Brussels on Gaza: “We must act...

The head of the United Nations was in Brussels from 20 to 22 March for a series of meetings with heads of state and...

United Nations Secretary-General in Brussels to meet with European...

Secretary-General António Guterres travelled to Brussels to meet with European leaders. On Wednesday, he attended a working lunch organised by Ursula von der Leyen,...

Happiness: Young People Less Happy Than Their Elders?

Researchers who worked on the World Happiness Report have found that young people in the United States, Canada, and some Western European countries have...

Finnish and Icelandic people breathe healthy air 

Finland and Iceland are among the only seven countries and territories that has healthy air quality new report on world air quality reveals. WHO data...