Secretary-General António Guterres marks 75th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly
In a major speech to mark the 75th anniversary of the first session of the General Assembly, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for greater ambition...
COVID-19 : Death every 17 seconds in Europe but there are...
355,000 have died of COVID-19 in the WHO European Region, including 29,000 last week, or one person every 17 seconds, the WHO Europe Director...
COVID-19: Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, infectious disease specialist and UN “influencer”
When not in his COVID-19 research lab or with patients in his infectious diseases department, Dr Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, is on Konbini, Huffington Post, or...
United Nations Cookbook Recipe Challenge
Enter your recipe for potential inclusion in the United Nations Cookbook!
Our food system needs fixing, and you can be a part of the solution....
UN Secretary-General launches #PledgetoPause to fight misinformation
The United Nations has launched a major initiative called #PledgetoPause to help stop the spread of misinformation online and to encourage people around the...
HackingDisinfodemic
What can youth do to counter disinfodemic, using media and information literacy as a tool? HackingDisinfodemic – a Global Media and Information Literacy Youth...
COVID-19 : WHO calls for a collective European effort to tackle...
The World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that the COVID-19 situation in Europe is very serious.
“We have a very serious situation unfolding before us”,...
Pause before sharing
The United Nations calls on social media users to “Pause. Take care before you share” on the occasion of World Social Media Day 30th...
COVID-19. The risk of resurgence in Europe has become a reality
Last week, Europe saw an increase in weekly COVID-19 cases for the first time in months, Hans Kluge European regional director of WHO, the...
International Day of Yoga: yoga’s growing importance to post-COVID-19 wellbeing
International Day of Yoga (21 June) not only celebrates an ancient physical and mental practice which originated centuries ago in India, but also the many benefits of practicing yoga as a way of living that continues to grow in popularity around...
The Future We Want, The UN We Need – Essay Competition
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, the Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Commemoration of the United Nations’ 75th Anniversary...
Gastronomy key to supporting hard-hit tourism industry
With the lifting on many COVID-19 restrictions in Europe, people are finally able to share a meal with friends and family, indulging one of...
Photography app Agora launches #TheWorldWeWant photo contest in support of UN75
Photographers are invited to submit their unique points of view about the world they
want for future generations for a chance to be featured...
Teleworking: COVID-19 could revolutionise the world of work
Hundreds of thousands of Europeans have discovered teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic. This experience will “have a long-lasting effect” according to a specialist on...
Growing importance of cycling to post-COVID-19 recovery
World Bicycle Day celebrates a mode of transport that has been around for over two centuries and whose popularity continues to grow. The COVID-19...