UNRWA: a lifeline for Palestinians
Unique among United Nations agencies, UNRWA, the Palestine Refugee Agency, is mandated by the United Nations’ Member States to provide public-like services directly, including...
Behind closed doors: the deadly reality of femicide
Every 10 minutes, a woman is killed by an intimate partner or a family member. This number should be shocking, but what’s even more...
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....
The answer to more sustainable buildings might be beneath our feet
Icelandic architect Arnhildur Pálmadóttir has successfully designed houses with only 40% of the carbon footprint of comparable conventional buildings. Her efforts to improve sustainability...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: November 2024
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products
South Africa vs Israel: 14 other countries intend to join the...
Fourteen countries have announced their intention to intervene in the context of South Africa’s complaint, which accuses Israel of “genocide” in the Gaza Strip,...
Guterres: no alternative to “indispensable” UNRWA
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his deep concern over the adoption by the Knesset of Israel of two laws which would likely prevent...
European governments condemn Israel legislation on UNRWA
Many Western European leaders have expressed their worries about Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
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...