UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for a global reset in 2021
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for bold action to overcome the devastation in 2020 resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic, insufficient ambition to fight climate change,...
Covid-19: spreading kindness to end tough 2020 on positive note
After a turbulent 2020, households are bracing for a muted holiday season. Families may be separated by Covid-19 restrictions, and many will be remembering...
COVID-19 & HIV/AIDS: ‘colliding pandemics’
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, which takes place on 1 December, UNRIC spoke to Dutch Dr Jantine Jacobi, UNAIDS Brussels representative, about...
Orange the shadow pandemic
As the Covid-19 pandemic earlier this year shut down societies around the world, millions of women and girls faced a dangerous situation: staying home....
COVID-19: an unprecedented news story for journalists
For journalists across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented news story. The relentless news cycle, an ‘infodemic’ of misinformation, let alone the...
Simple measures can save 280.000 lives in Europe
The European Region has registered the highest weekly incidence of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic with almost 700,000 cases reported.
The European...
COVID-19: Guterres warns against “vaccinationalism”
On 22 September, the UN Secretary-General told the UN General Assembly that the world “faces (its) own 1945 moment,” and declared that populism and...
Tourism: Europe is one of the hardest hit regions by COVID-19
Only 5% of the usual number of tourists have visited Paris this summer, one of the most popular destinations in Europe. Although the French...
UN poverty expert: “Promotion of equality must be our priority”
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter, began his three-year mandate in May 2020 in the midst...
COVID-19 impact on young people’s mental health in spotlight
Feelings of fear, anxiety, anger, sadness and grief are being widely felt by young people across the world due to the impacts of COVID-19.
As...
COVID-19: Maps visualise feasibility of physical distancing in the Netherlands
As lockdown measures are relaxed in Europe, ‘Keep your distance’ has replaced ‘Stay at home.’ To help ensure physical distancing, major cities in the...
Iraqi refugee receives royal thanks for sewing masks in Luxembourg
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded, Iraqi refugee Mohammed Alhashimi and his wife Smaher sat down and discussed how they could help their new country...
Senior UN Officials of African origin demand actions against racism
Twenty senior UN leaders, who are either African or of African descent, have signed a joint statement expressing their outrage at pervasive and systemic...
World Environment Day online screening of ‘Sharkwater Extinction’
On 5th June, Cine-ONU Brussels, Vienna and Geneva came together to host their second online event to mark World Environment Day 2020. In collaboration...
Nepal in lockdown: The peacekeeper and the street children
Poor mountainous Nepal has experienced two disasters in five years. In 2015 the country was hit by three gigantic earthquakes. Now the country is...