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Workplace Compliance and Social Dialogue: A Nordic Perspective

Good practices in labour inspection, preventive Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) approaches, and social dialogue were observed in Sweden with the aim of strengthening...

UNRWA continues its work in Gaza despite a ban and the...

660,000 children in the Gaza Strip are not going to school this autumn like most children in the world. Although UNRWA, the UN Palestine...

Ireland and Sweden strengthening information systems for refugee and migrant health

Two WHO collaborating centres based in Ireland and Sweden are working together to support the integration of refugee and migrant health data into national...

Denmark, Norway and Sweden appointed to UN emergency fund

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed 12 new members to the Advisory Group of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Three of them...

Sustainable Development Report: Finland, Sweden and Denmark top the 2025 rankings

The Nordic countries continue to top the SDG Index, shows the latest Sustainable Development Report published this year. Finland ranks first this year and...

Denmark and Sweden among 6 countries, COP30 host and UN behind...

The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change  is launching a call to action for concrete solutions to address disinformation and related tactics...

Norway has donated almost $4 million to fight hunger in South...

Norway is providing NOK 25 million in emergency humanitarian aid to those affected by hunger in South Sudan, and NOK 15 million to Haiti....

Møns Klint has been awarded world heritage site status

Møns Klint has been inscribed on UNESCO´s list of World Heritage Sites. It is the eight World Heritage Site in Denmark. In addition, there...

Denmark and the United Nations: What you need to know

When the UN family convened for its bi-annual meeting under the leadership of the Secretary-General earlier this year it was appropriate that the venue...

10 Million Safer Births Under the Patronage of the Queen of...

Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark, UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, and Danish NGO Maternity Foundation announced...

IOM and Novo Nordisk: AI-Powered Health Screenings for people on the...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has partnered with the Novo Nordisk Foundation, a Danish enterprise foundation focused on health, to integrate Artificial Intelligence...

Norway contributes $200 million to the Global Fund

Norway has announced a renewed pledge of NOK 2 billion ($197 million) to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund),...

The Nordic Countries at the UN: Women only

Female diplomats still constitute a small minority in the world's foreign services. However, on the International Day of Women in Diplomacy it is worth...
Katrín Jakobsdóttir second from right and Hans P. Kluge director of the WHO Europe Region (2nd from left) at a press conference in Reykjavík.

Former Prime Minister to head WHO commission on health and climate

The climate crisis is a health crisis – and the European Region is in the hot seat. A new WHO commission will offer pragmatic...

Finland commits EUR 2.5 million to new phase of EIF support...

Finland has pledged EUR 2.5 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), providing an important early boost to the initiative’s third phase of activities...