Fight for Gender Equality: “You have to remain resilient and maintain...
Mary Lawlor from Ireland has worked with human rights defenders for 20 years. She was selected as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights...
UN: the main challenges and key dates in 2024
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, outlined the priorities for 2024 and beyond to the UN General Assembly on 7 February.
“It is a...
Addressing the gender gap in cycling
With its health and environmental benefits, cycling faces a notable gender disparity. Statistics indicate a significant underrepresentation of women cyclists worldwide, with three to four...
Red Sea crisis underlines role of UN shipping agency
The new Head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, had been at the helm of the UN shipping agency for just...
Women Don’t Cycle
To celebrate International Women's Day, the United Nations invites you to the “Women Don’t Cycle” screening.
When? Friday, 8 March, 4.30 PM
Where? CINEMATEK, Brussels
Doors open...
oPt: Last Days of Hearings at the International Court of Justice
The advisory opinion requested by the United Nations General Assembly from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December 2022 led to hearings that...
Occupied Palestinian territories: first days of hearings at the ICJ
At the ICJ, 52 States and three international organisations, submitted written comments as well as oral presentations to a case.
UN “shocked” and “appalled” by death of Navalny in prison
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reacted with emotion on Friday (16...
Red Sea attacks: Seafarers’ lives must be protected
There must be a de-escalation of tensions amid the ongoing attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, the new Secretary-General of the International...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – February 2024
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
Venezuela: one in four have left the country
More than one in four Venezuelans have left the country amid spiralling hyperinflation, shortages of basic goods, political turmoil, violence and persecution.
Haiti: People live in fear of brutal gang violence
One in two Haitians lives in extreme poverty, suffers from hunger, and does not have regular access to drinking water.
Gaza: UN experts condemn killing and silencing of journalists
The Israeli military operation in Gaza, following the 7 October attacks by Hamas, has become the deadliest and most dangerous conflict for journalists in...
Gaza: why we must continue to support UNRWA
The United Nations has appealed to the countries that suspended funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the main...
“We cannot abandon the people of Gaza”: heads of UN agencies,...
The principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, which includes heads of United Nations agencies, released a statement on 30 January appealing to Member States...