Key facts to know about UN General Assembly
Each September, world leaders and delegates gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss the most pressing issues of our time....
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: September 2026
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products
Topic of the month: 81st Session of the General Assembly
Türk calls for urgent, meaningful action to tackle unprecedented AI risks
(Geneva) UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday called on States and the world’s ‘frontier’ artificial intelligence companies to act urgently to ensure...
The UN and the crisis in the Middle East: What you...
30 June
Secretary-General's remarks at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to UNRWA...
EU priorities at UN General Assembly: Standing up for effective multilateralism
In response to “growing fragmentation and contestation, and serious violations of international law”, the European Union reaffirms its commitment to multilateralism, making it one of its priorities for...
A Century of Sámi Women’s Leadership: “Not a Single Woman Should...
In 2026, for the first time in history, women are holding the top leadership positions in all three Sámi Parliaments in Norway, Sweden and...
Who decides what places are called? How the UN uses geographical...
From cities and mountains to lakes, gulfs and oceans, geographical names help us make sense of the world. But who decides what a place...
Declaration by the EU and its Member States in support of...
The EU reaffirms its steadfast commitment to and fundamental interests in an effective, renewed and strengthened multilateralism, rooted in international law and the universal...
Sea-level rise: hundreds of millions threatened worldwide
Sea-level rise is no longer a distant threat but an unfolding global crisis, with profound impacts on coastal communities, economies, and infrastructure, according to...
Climate, terrorism, and hunger: Mozambique’s triple crisis
Climate, terrorism and hunger: Mozambique's triple crisis
Three cyclones in 2025. Children forcibly recruited or abducted by armed groups. Only 40 per cent of those...
Zimbabwe: little global attention to a humanitarian emergency
While global attention is often focused on conflicts and humanitarian emergencies elsewhere, Zimbabwe is facing a severe but underreported crisis that has left millions...
Humanitarian work more dangerous than ever
A macabre record in 2025: 350 humanitarian workers have been killed around the world, including 186 in Gaza and 71 in Sudan. Most of...
North Korea: 40% of the population is undernourished
Almost 11 million people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, known more commonly as North Korea, are undernourished, or more than 40% of...
Desertification: World leaders gather in Mongolia to restore land and build...
Land restoration, drought resilience and the future of the world’s rangelands will be high on the agenda as countries from around the world meet...
UN warns of growing risks facing children and youth in digital...
Children and youth often bear the brunt of risks in today's information ecosystem and will be most directly affected by the technologies reshaping them,...