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...
Finland: Right to education demands adaptation to new challenges
The right to education in Finland demands adaptation to new challenges, with young people increasingly grappling with loneliness, depression and anxiety in the country,...
Norway paves the way to ensure equal access to COVID-19 treatments...
Norway is playing a key role in ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 tools according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO expressed its deep...
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...
Amina Mohammed to give the Dag Hammarskjöld lecture
On 23 February 2023 the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University will jointly host the 2022 Annual Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture. Together we recognise individuals who...
Finland gives EUR 700,000 to help strengthen least-developed countries
Finland has contributed EUR 700,000 to support trade growth in least-developed countries (LDCs) through projects funded by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF).
Finland’s contribution was...
Finland supports Afghan refugees in Iran
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the generous contribution of EUR 1.5 million from the Government of Finland, in support of Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Finland is one of UNHCR’s most steadfast supporters globally.
UNEP establishes Copenhagen Climate Centre
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today, 15 February, announced that its long-standing collaborating centre in Denmark will be renamed the UNEP Copenhagen Climate...
UN specialist to examine human rights of the Sámi
The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Fabian Salvioli, will conduct an official visit to Finland...
Sweden doubles support for global vaccinations
Sweden intends to provide an additional SEK 100 million (almost 10 million Euros) in grants to COVAX to make COVID-19 vaccines accessible in...
Sand warms up the Finnish polar night
The inhabitants of Kankaanpää in western Finland need not worry about heating during the coming winter as much as fellow Europeans. About a hundred...
World Humanitarian Day: The human cost of the climate crisis
The World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, honors those who work to help others, often with their lives at stake. This year, the UN highlight the immediate human cost of the climate crisis by pressuring world leaders to take meaningful climate actions for the world’s most vulnerable people.
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...
Greenland: Red paint instead of celebrations
The statue of Hans Egede towers over Nuuk the Capital of Greenland. A controversy over the statue has overshadowed the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the Danish-Norwegian missionary in Greenland. On the occasion of the International Day of the World´s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August, we focus on the Inuits of Greenland, who along with the Sami are the indigenous people of the Nordic countries.
Sweden and Germany support refugees in Uganda
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has commended Sweden and the Federal Republic of Germany for contributions to food and cash support for...