Norway: Ten years after the terrorist attacks
Ten years after the terrorist attacks that cost 77 Norwegian lives, the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, in collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign...
Faremo resigns from UNOPS
The United Nations Secretary-General has accepted the resignation of Grete Faremo, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Ms....
WHO: 91 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 91 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine since the invasion of Russia.
Dr Hans Kluge, the European...
WFP welcomes $3.3 million contribution to the El Nino response in...
WFP, the United Nations World Food Programme, is implementing a US$ 3.3 million project, funded by the Government of Norway, to strengthen climate change-adaptive...
Afghanistan: UN appeal falls short
Donor countries pledged $2.44 billion in donations at a high-level pledging event on supporting the humanitarian response in Afghanistan yesterday. While world leaders highlighted...
Over 20 thousand stateless individuals in Sweden
UNHCR has published ten facts and recommendations for action on statelessness in Sweden. The standard of proof for establishing that a person is stateless...
COP26: Sweden to help at risk small-scale farmers
Sweden has signalled its strong commitment to help some of the world’s poorest small-scale farmers to adapt to climate change, by pledging SEK100 million...
Norway increases funding to promote freedom of expression and cultural rights
Norway has reached a new agreement with UNESCO to provide NOK 200 million to support efforts to promote freedom of expression, artistic freedom and...
Sweden/UNGA: Sweden’s security environment has fundamentally changed
Sweden/General Assembly. Anne Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, stressed that the war in Ukraine must stop and Russian troops withdraw. Her country...
Happiness in the times of war and climate change
Happiness and well-being are universal goals and ambitions for people all over the world. Every year on March 20, the United Nations recognizes this...
Finland becomes the last of the Nordic countries to reinstate payments...
Finland will re-commence funding UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. All four of the Nordic countries that suspended payments have...
Blue Economy: oceans as the next great economic frontier
40% of the world’s population live near coastal areas, more than 3 billion people utilize the oceans for their livelihood, and 80% of world...
With anxiety on the rise psychologists enter the climate change field
Climate change has not only become an integral part of politics and news reporting, but also a topic of academic research. With anxiety rising it...
Denmark and Iceland among “first movers and doers” at no-nonsense Climate...
Two of the Nordic Countries, Denmark and Iceland, are among forty specially selected countries to speak at the UN Climate Ambition Summit.
Unusually for the...
Nordic countries among top contributors to Peacebuilding Fund
Two of the Nordic countries are among the top three contributors to the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund and four are among the top...