Sustainable development and the Dingle Peninsula
Established in 2018, Dingle Peninsula 2030 is an exciting and innovative partnership on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, made up of the Dingle...
Syrian refugee offers help to displaced Icelanders
When Syrian refugee Khattab al Mohammad heard that the 700 inhabitants of the town of Seyðisjörður in Iceland had had to be evacuated because...
Finnish sauna added to UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage List
Finland’s sauna culture has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The sauna tradition is in good company...
UN Secretary-General Salutes German leadership in tackling global problems
In a wide-ranging speech to the German Parliament, UN Secretary-General António Guterres saluted Germany’s leadership and praised the country as a pillar of multilateralism.
"The...
Covid-19: spreading kindness to end tough 2020 on positive note
After a turbulent 2020, households are bracing for a muted holiday season. Families may be separated by Covid-19 restrictions, and many will be remembering...
UNEP names Lefteris Arapakis of Greece and six other dynamic environmentalists...
15 December was a great day for Lefteris Arapakis, not only because he was named by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – December 2020
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
Climate Ambition Summit to urge new commitments to limit global warming
Five years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement to limit the effects of global warming, the United Nations is urging countries to make...
Volunteers: real-life heroes in the time of COVID-19
At the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic, volunteers have demonstrated an exceptional display of solidarity across the world. Responding to calls for help from...
Guterres calls for a strong coalition to get to net zero...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for bold new commitments on climate action and for the European Union to demonstrate leadership by further reducing its emissions.
In a major...
Finland first in Europe to use dogs to detect Covid-19
Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport has started using detection dogs to sniff out passengers possibly infected with the coronavirus. Dogs are providing a cheap, fast and...
COVID-19 & HIV/AIDS: ‘colliding pandemics’
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, which takes place on 1 December, UNRIC spoke to Dutch Dr Jantine Jacobi, UNAIDS Brussels representative, about...
#FemalePleasure Screening and Panel Discussion
On 25 November, Ciné-ONU - in partnership with UN Women, UNFPA, and the European Commission - hosted an online screening of the award-winning film #FemalePleasure, to mark...
Deliv’rue: delivering meals “at home” for homeless people
In Montpellier, in the south of France, the delivery of hot meals by bicycle is no longer a service reserved for those with money...
Sexual violence: the evil that persists
Their names are Charlotte, Emma and Marie. They are all three students and they all have one thing in common: they have been victims...