Youth call for innovation, inclusion and urgent green transition at UN-EU...
Young people called for action as they voiced their recommendations to the European Union and United Nations at a youth-led event in the context...
Time To Turn The Tide – Juergen Mueller
The problems of the ocean are interlinked and must be addressed in a holistic manner. This is what Juergen Mueller, Head of Unit in...
UN Brussels Chief: UN-EU cooperation key, as no one nation can...
The European Union and United Nations must come together to solve global challenges, Camilla Brückner, Director of the UN/UNDP Office in Brussels and Representative of...
I am hungry. What does it mean?
More than 80% of Ethiopians are food insecure. More and more people in Yemen are suffering from hunger and often have only one meal...
Towards a comprehensive approach to counter hate speech
Article by Birgit Van Hout, Regional Representative for Europe, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
On 18 June, the United Nations is commemorating...
European Development Days 2022
The European Development Days are Europe’s leading forum on international partnerships. Organised by the European Commission, the EDDs bring key actors together to share...
Time To Turn The Tide – Peter Thomson
“There can be no healthy planet, without a healthy ocean” is the daily mantra of Ambassador Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – June 2022
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside: World Oceans Day...
“No matter who or where we are, we are all dipping our toes in the same enormous connecting body of water. It’s our ocean...
Oceans in danger: the threats they face
Climate change and human activities are causing the health of oceans to decline at an alarming rate. From the acidification of waters to pollution,...
Time to turn the tides : Lefteris Arapakis
From a family of nearly five generations of fishermen, UNEP's Young Champion of the Earth, Lefteris Arapakis from Greece, decided to break the cycle....
Bonn Climate Change Conference: Taking Stock of Global Efforts to Implement...
Government delegates, observers and various experts will gather in Bonn/Germany from 6 – 16 June to begin taking stock of where the world stands...
Guterres at Stockholm+50: “End the suicidal war against nature”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to change course and end a “senseless and suicidal war against nature” at the opening of...
Brussels goes green for World Environment Day
Brussels will be marking World Environment Day this Sunday with several events organised in the Belgian capital, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Throughout the day, members...
Time to Turn the Tide – Miguel Serpa Soares
The UNRIC Podcast on the Ocean Conference
What is at stake when it comes to the ocean’s future? What are its main challenges? Where can...