From Blade Runner to Sustainable Development
What do Blade runner and the “I-would- rather-go-naked-than-wear-fur” campaign have in common? On the surface nothing, except that their combined effect triggered a fashion...
IMO Norway supports low carbon shipping
Eleven States from across the globe are partnering in the International Maritime Organization (IMO)-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project, which is supporting the path to decarbonization in...
80% of food and drink adverts in Norway promote unhealthy nutrition
According to a new study conducted by the Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), 8 out of 10 food and drink advertisements aimed at children in...
Plastic is hurting the Arctic
Marine plastic pollution is fouling the Arctic as well as posing a broader planetary crisis. But scientists still have much to learn about the...
UN: Yemen conference a “disappointment”
The international response to Monday’s High-Level Pledging Event on Yemen has been described as “disappointing” by the UN chief, announcing that pledges totalled less than last...
Yemen in danger of the world´s worst famine in decades
The United Nations convened a Pledging conference for Yemen 1 March, organized by Sweden and Switzerland.
The following op-ed, written by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
The people of Yemen are in desperate need for help
High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen.
The politics of language in Greenland
On 21 February, the United Nations mark the International Mother Language Day to celebrate linguistic diversity. In the world one language disappears every two...
Finland seeks membership of UN Human Rights Council
Finland is seeking membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in 2022–2024. The campaign slogan is ”A Diverse World, Universal Human Rights”. The...
UN Women’s Rights Committee to review Denmark online
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will review the situation of women’s rights and gender equality in Denmark, including...
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...
Iceland to fund UNESCO´s support for culture in Beirut
A shot in the arm for Beirut artists and the cultural life that they create. The Government of Iceland has signed an agreement with...
New artificial island : a beacon of the clean energy transition...
In 1991, Denmark was the first country in the world to build an offshore wind farm. Thanks to an inter-party agreement, the country has...
Norway facilitates translations into Uzbek.
Learning in the mother tongue at an early age has a positive impact on future academic achievement. 130 children books have been translated into Uzbek. This is an initiative of the Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan. Its partners are UNESCO and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
UNCHR welcomes Iceland´s accession to statelessness treaty
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed Iceland’s accession to the United Nations Statelessness Conventions.
“We welcome Iceland’s accession, which brings the world one step...