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Gastronomy key to supporting hard-hit tourism industry

With the lifting on many COVID-19 restrictions in Europe, people are finally able to share a meal with friends and family, indulging one of...
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Senior UN Officials of African origin demand actions against racism

Twenty senior UN leaders, who are either African or of African descent, have signed a joint statement expressing their outrage at pervasive and systemic...
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UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Racism and Racial Discrimination

Looking for information on what the United Nations is doing against racism and racial discrimination? Then check out this backgrounder.
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UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – June 2020

monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
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World Environment Day online screening of ‘Sharkwater Extinction’

On 5th June, Cine-ONU Brussels, Vienna and Geneva came together to host their second online event to mark World Environment Day 2020. In collaboration...
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Nepal in lockdown: The peacekeeper and the street children

Poor mountainous Nepal has experienced two disasters in five years. In 2015 the country was hit by three gigantic earthquakes. Now the country is...
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Photography app Agora launches #TheWorldWeWant photo contest in support of UN75

Photographers are invited to submit their unique points of view about the world they want for future generations for a chance to be featured...
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The long journey of gender students from darkness to light

Six months after their arrival in Iceland an international group of 20 students finished their Postgraduate Diploma in International Gender Equality at the University...
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Teleworking: COVID-19 could revolutionise the world of work

Hundreds of thousands of Europeans have discovered teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic. This experience will “have a long-lasting effect” according to a specialist on...
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#Cycling4SDGs – Bicycles help communities thrive

Mobility is an essential element of development strategies which aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The lack of efficient, reliable transportation adversely...
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Growing importance of cycling to post-COVID-19 recovery

World Bicycle Day celebrates a mode of transport that has been around for over two centuries and whose popularity continues to grow. The COVID-19...

Ciné-ONU – Online screening of ‘Sharkwater Extinction’

To mark World Environment Day, Ciné-ONU Brussels, Vienna and Geneva invite you to a screening of Rob Stewart's award-winning film, Sharkwater Extinction, followed by...
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COVID-19 – Economic recovery must not be to the detriment of...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed its worries that health care will suffer as European countries, still fighting COVID-19 implement economic measures to...
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City of Ypres supports UN ceasefire call with over 70 Belgian...

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, called for an immediate ceasefire to protect the world’s most...
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United Nations SDG Media Compact hits its 100-member mark

In this day and age the media is an essential source of information for people everywhere. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about its...