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Swedish State Secretary Diana Janse visited South Sudan with UNHCR
On 11–13 April, Swedish State Secretary Diana Janse travelled to South Sudan with Deputy High Commissioner in the Office of the UN High Commissioner...
Poorest Households Most Impacted by Tbilisi Air Pollution, Says World Bank-Sweden Report
The World Bank, with the financial support of Sweden, today launched the new comprehensive study, "Poverty and Distributional Consequences of Air Pollution in Tbilisi,"...
Kirstine Damkjær appointed Deputy Executive Director of UNOPS
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has announced the appointment of Kirstine Damkjær of Denmark as Deputy Executive Director, Delivery and Partnerships of the United...
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UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: April 2024
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications
International Television market recognises outstanding entertainment initiatives for social...
Ubongo, a creator of children’s edutainment in Africa, and Open Planet, an outstanding innovative free access environmental footage library, have been recognised for their...
UN Deputy Chief: “make 2024 a turning point for...
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed has called for a transformation in education as she addressed a high-level education event organised by the European Union during a visit to Brussels on Thursday (11 April).
UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, Brussels visit, 10-11...
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, is in Brussels this week. On Wednesday, 10 April, she chaired the Governing Body meeting of...
World squanders over 1 billion meals a day
Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of...
Welsh women’s peace appeal uncovered 100 years on
In 1923, the women of Wales took part in an unprecedented appeal: 390,296 women, representing 30% of the nation’s female population at the time,...
International law: Understanding justice in times of war
War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, ethnic cleansing: what do these international justice terms mean?
What are war crimes?
War crimes are violations of international humanitarian law (whose perpetrators...
Navigating through the poly-crisis: Towards a global pact for...
The interplay between new wars, climate crisis, rising inequalities, and the COVID-19 pandemic have put the future of people and the planet high on...