Finland increases funding to UNICEF
Through an additional €1. million grant to UNICEF, the Government of Finland has renewed its commitment to enhance access to education for Syrian children...
Iceland’s human rights record examined
Iceland’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on...
Christine Fossen: From the Arctic to South Sudan
“Just do it,” her husband and three grown-up children said.
And so she did. Meet Christine Fossen, the new Police Commissioner of the United Nations...
Finland shares forestry expertise with Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Finland have signed an agreement to enhance the capacity of countries in forest...
WHO: 50% could be infected by Covid within 2 months
The World Health Organization (WHO) says health systems in many countries have come under „intense pressure“ by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It can...
Denmark supports WFP´s work with internally displaced in Myanmar
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of DKK 25 million (USD 3.8 million) from the Government of Denmark for...
Norway assumes presidency of the Security Council
Norway holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council in January. 2022. In presenting its programme the Norwegian Foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt...
Malawi: Norway supports locally produced school meals
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of NOK 13.4 million (USD 1.5 million) from the Government of Norway to...
Finnish fiddle playing on UNESCO list
Kaustinen fiddle playing and related practices and expressions have been inscribed on UNESCO´s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Kaustinen folk music...
Nordic clinker boat traditions inscribed on UNESCO list
Nordic clinker boat traditions have been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inscription was formally agreed upon...
UNESCO honours Inuit drum dancing
Inuit drum dancing and singing have been inscribed on UNESCO´s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
This took place at the sixteenth...
UNICEF and Sweden partner to improve water safety in Bangladesh
Children in Bangladesh will benefit from the Government of Sweden’s new contributions of four million dollars to UNICEF. One grant will improve water safety,...
Norway regrets Russian veto on Climate
Mona Juul the Permanent Representative of Norway has expressed her regret that Russia vetoed a resolution on the threat that climate change is to...
38°C Arctic record in Siberia confirmed
A temperature of 38°C in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June 2020 has been recognized as a new Arctic temperature record by...
UNESCO Geoparks: nominations for Platåbergen and Salpausselkä
Platåbergen in Sweden and Salpausselkä in Finland have moved one step closer to become UNESCO Global Geoparks.
The UNESCO Global Geoparks Council has proposed to...