Three European cities join the Trees in Cities Challenge
Three European cities are among the first to join the Trees in Cities Challenge, a bold new campaign launched at the UN Climate Action Summit...
Weatherman, photographer & climate defender: interview with Ruben Weytjens
“You don’t need to do extreme things to take part in the fight against climate change.”
Belgian weatherman Ruben Weytjens, whose picture of the Northern...
Amsterdam’s innovative plastic waste solutions
Amsterdam is well-known for its vast network of canals, which stretch for over 100km and are classed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Floating...
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Looking for information on the Novel Coronavirus? Then check out this new backgrounder.
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: January 2020
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications
Former UN Secretary-General Pérez de Cuéllar celebrates 100th birthday
Perhaps the world lost a great pianist ... But history gained a great diplomat who made enormous contributions to peace in the world.
Javier Pérez...
António Guterres: “War against nature is suicidal”
Humanity has been waging a “suicide war” against nature, because nature “responds many times, as we have seen through hurricanes, fires, and severe drought...
Holocaust Remembrance Day screening: ‘The Accountant of Auschwitz’
To mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, The United Nations presents: 'The Accountant of Auschwitz'
In 2015, 94-year-old...
75th anniversary of the UN
To mark its 75th anniversary in 2020, the United Nations will launch the biggest-ever global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building...
UN Secretary-General’s 2020 New Year’s Message
Secretary-General António Guterres video message: A New Year's Message from the United Nations.
From here at the United Nations, I join you in welcoming the...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in your language
Are you looking for information on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in your language? Then check this page!
Happy holidays from the UN in Brussels
Together, we can make of 2020 a year of action for a more sustainable and peaceful world #DecadeofDelivery #UN75 #ShapingOurFuture
Music and sports as a bridge between migrants and host communities
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) marked International Migrants Day with a series of events in Brussels, including a visit to the new Migration...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – December 2019
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications
COP25: UN and EU officials urge collective action on climate change
BRUSSELS – United Nations and European Union officials, diplomats and scientific advisors, brought the UN Climate Changes Conference (COP25) currently underway in Madrid, directly...