Human Rights Day 2019: statement by UN High Commissioner for Human...
GENEVA – This has been a year of tremendous activism – notably by young people. It is particularly fitting that this year we mark...
Mobile Film Festival: where creativity is used to counter eco-anxiety
A man in a red parka screams and runs along a beach. A few metres away, another man looks at the sea, tapping on...
UN human rights expert: International community failing to ensure justice in...
The international community is failing in its duty to punish those responsible for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, United Nations Special Rapporteur...
5 December: Launch of fourth UNESCO Global Report on Adult Learning...
On 5 December 2019, the fourth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 4) will be launched in Brussels, Belgium. Based on data...
COP 25: Member States must listen to young people’s concerns
Two out of three young Belgians are worried about climate change, according to a study carried out by 26-year-old Esmeralda Wirtz, Belgian UN Youth...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – November 2019
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications
The Daughter Tree
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UNFPA@50 and ICPD25, The United Nations and the European Commission invites you to: 'The Daughter Tree
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Broadcasters play their part on World TV Day
In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed November 21st as World Television Day in order to acknowledge the role of television in decision-making and...
CAMPUS 2030: Take up the challenge and Imagine a sustainable campus...
By 2030, university campuses will have changed and should be aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, adopted in 2015 by all UN Member...
Students empowered by UN’s #Back2School campaign
Over the past two weeks, UN officials from various programmes and agencies, including UNESCO and UNIDO, UN youth delegates and UN associations took part...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – October 2019
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications. Also available is information on the 75th UN anniversary in 2020.
UN #Back2School campaign engages 1,000 students across Europe on the importance...
In the run-up to UN Day, marked every year on 24 October, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo...
Over 30 young activists set sail on epic seven-week journey from...
A group of over 30 young changemakers from across Europe set sail on an epic 7-week journey to the other side of the world...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – September 2019
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications
Biggest climate action ever in Ostend kicks off UN & EU...
To raise awareness of the marine litter challenge, the United Nations, European Union and The Smurfs, ambassadors of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals,...