World Press Freedom Day: “Reporting in the Brave New World”
“Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising the speed at which information is processed, disseminated and circulated, for better and, very often, for worse. In a world...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – May 2025
Monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products.
Topic of the month: UN80
One UN staff member killed in an attack in Gaza
One international UN staff member was killed and five injured, several seriously, in an attack on the premises of UNOPS, the UN Office for...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – March 2025
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products.
Topic of the month: Women's Rights
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Plastic Pollution
Looking for information on plastic pollution? Then check out this new backgrounder highlighting selected online resources on this topic.
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – February 2025
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products
Topic of the month: Glaciers
Artificial intelligence: the UN at Paris summit
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will take part in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris on 10 and 11 February 2025.
The event...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – January 2025
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products
2025: International Year of Glaciers, Peace, Quantum science and Cooperatives
2025 has been proclaimed an international year devoted to four different themes.
The International Year of Glaciers' Preservation
The United Nations has declared 2025 as...
From Braille to AI: Shaping a more accessible future
Over 2.2 billion people worldwide live with visual impairment or blindness. Over 1 billion are forced to live with preventable or treatable conditions, often...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: December 2024
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products
Building an accessible future for all: AI and the inclusion of...
About 16% of the global population (1.3 billion people) currently experience significant disability, including nearly 240 million children. In 2023, 101 million people, or...
Pact for the Future: A Vision for Global Collaboration
World Leaders Adopt Historic Pact for the Future at UN General Assembly
At the Summit of the Future on 22 September 2024, world leaders adopted...
Play2Act: Uniting Gamers for Climate Action
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has teamed up with PlanetPlay, a not-for-profit organisation that uses games to promote environmental change, to launch Play2Act....
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: November 2024
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products