Estoril Conferences: understanding the UN’s vision for Global Cooperation
The United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) is one of the institutional partners of the 9th edition of the Estoril Conferences, held under the...
UN at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Storytelling, Climate Action, and Combating...
At the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair, the United Nations hosted a series of impactful panel discussions, delving into the power of storytelling, the role...
Giving tennis balls a second life: “Ecological design is circularity”
Over 300 million tennis balls end up in landfills every year. Mathilde Wittock is a Belgian artist, bio/eco-designer, and material researcher who focuses on...
The magnificent world of forests: the Belgian Sonian Forest
Forests cover 31 % of the global land area and host most of Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. They provide habitats for 80 % of amphibian...
Menopause: The Female Taboo
With her head in the fridge, Claire Underwood, wife of the U.S. President, tries to calm a hot flush. The series House of Cards,...
SDGs: scientific research, a boost for sustainable development
On 9 October, the United Nations Brussels Team joined a group of European researchers from the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) at...
Invisible scars: how breast cancer impacts mental health
Breast cancer, one of the most common cancers globally, claimed 670,000 lives in 2022
and was the most frequent cancer among women in 157...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: October 2024
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products
UN study tour on the Holocaust, racism and its impact today
The first-ever United Nations study tour on Nazi racism, the Holocaust, and its lasting impact on today’s society.
Gender imbalance at the General Debate causes stir
Women were less than ten per cent of the speakers at the General Debate of the 79th UN General Assembly.
Nineteen female speakers addressed...
Too few women are aware of the links between alcohol and...
Alcohol accounts for nearly 1 in 10 deaths in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European Region. A new campaign by the WHO Regional Office...
Greenland’s ice sheet loses 2.5 million litres of fresh water every...
Billions of tons of Greenland's ice sheet melted into the ocean last year. It has shrunk for the 28th year in a row, and...
“A Third World War is possible”, says Charles Michel at the...
“A Third World War is possible. We must urgently come to our senses.”, stated Charles Michel, President of the European Council, on 26 September...
“The Declaration on Future Generations is an absolute novelty” paving the...
In a world increasingly defined by its global challenges, the Declaration on Future Generations represents a pivotal moment in international diplomacy. Yoka Brandt, the...
The global threat of antimicrobial resistance, a silent pandemic
Antimicrobials—including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitic—save millions of lives, but what happens when these medications can no longer treat the diseases they were made...