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...
Ciné-ONU – Online screening of ‘Sharkwater Extinction’
To mark World Environment Day, Ciné-ONU Brussels, Vienna and Geneva invite you to a screening of Rob Stewart's award-winning film, Sharkwater Extinction, followed by...
COVID-19 – Economic recovery must not be to the detriment of...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed its worries that health care will suffer as European countries, still fighting COVID-19 implement economic measures to...
City of Ypres supports UN ceasefire call with over 70 Belgian...
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, called for an immediate ceasefire to protect the world’s most...
United Nations SDG Media Compact hits its 100-member mark
In this day and age the media is an essential source of information for people everywhere. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about its...
Challenge Campus 2030: Six finalist will present their projects on June...
Launched last October, the Challenge Campus 2030 will end on June 5 in a final between six international teams of students and teachers who...
No return to abnormal: campaign on Agenda 2030 in railways and...
This week, Elyx, digital ambassador of the United Nations, will be present in more than 800 stations and in the metros of four major...
COVID-19: Through Digitalkompis, integration can continue despite social distancing
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been encouraged to physically distance and isolate themselves. However, this is causing difficulties for immigrants who are trying...
COVID-19: Transparent masks made for the deaf and hard of hearing...
Wearing a mask can prove very challenging for those who are deaf and hard of hearing and who know how to lip read or...
Preserving bees
Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. But pollinators contribute directly to food security and...
COVID-19: European Parliament opens its doors to most vulnerable
The European Parliament’s buildings, kitchens and fleet of vehicles have been serving a new purpose. They have been helping some of those most affected...
Ciné-ONU crosses borders with its first online event
On 8th May, Ciné-ONU Brussels, Vienna and Geneva joined forces to deliver the first online event in the thirteen-year history of United Nations Cinema....
COVID-19: WHO message to Europeans “It is up to us now”
Europeans are at a fork in the road in the fight against COVID-19 and it is in the hands of individuals and communities if...
UN sustainable energy project in Ukraine finds a new role: fighting...
Home Owners of Ukraine for Sustainable Energy Efficiency Solutions, also known as HOUSES, was initially designed to help Ukrainians lower their energy costs, better...
UN rights office concerned over migrant boat pushbacks in the Mediterranean
The appeal follows reports of failure to assist, and even push back, vessels carrying desperate people in one of the world’s deadliest migration routes,...