Climate: Key facts on COP28
As COP28 gets underway, we answer seven questions on this crucial climate gathering.
1. COPs… COP28… What do they stand for?
United Nations Climate Change conferences...
How Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Impacts Women and Girls
Globally, approximately 736 million women — almost one in three — endure violence at least once in their life. The most prevalent form of...
UNESCO and Sweden join hands to rehabilitate schools in Ukraine
Sweden is contributing US$ 6.5 million (SEK 75 million) to bolster UNESCO’s Emergency Assistance Programme for Ukraine.
Sweden’s flexible funding allows UNESCO to respond...
Fight against gender-based violence intensifies across Europe
Each year, 245 million women and girls aged 15 and older endure physical and/or sexual violence from intimate partners. Europe is not immune to this crisis.
Young people across Europe engage with work of the UN
Over the past four weeks, over 500 students in various schools in Belgium and across Europe were visited by officials from UN entities, the...
Climate: growing gap between promises and reality
To combat climate change, it is necessary to reduce the production of fossil fuels; emit fewer greenhouse gases; and adapt to the consequences of...
Palestine: Preventing a Genocide in Gaza and a New “Nakba”
Over twenty United Nations independent experts* reiterated their concerns about an ongoing genocide and a second Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refering to...
Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine: children in armed conflict
World Children’s Day, marked on 20th November, is a moment to reflect on the very heavy toll paid by young people under the age...
Israel-Palestine: The Role of International Justice
In the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, international justice is being summoned, with several complaints lodged at the International Criminal Court (ICC) following...
Denmark supports UN Ukraine Fund as First Mover
Denmark has become the first contributor to the new Ukraine Community Recovery Fund (UCRF). The UN Fund supports community-level investments in reconstruction of housing,...
What is World Toilet Day?
World Toilet Day has been a UN observance since 2013. It raises awareness of people living without access to safely managed sanitation. Access to...
Gaza: “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” needed
Most of the 80 countries and international organisations present at the international humanitarian conference for the civilian population of Gaza, organised by French President...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: November 2023
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications
Israel-Palestine crisis: “Enough is enough” state UN agencies, NGOs
Almost twenty heads of United Nations agencies and partner NGOs launched a new call on Sunday for a humanitarian ceasefire. Here is their statement...
Secretary-General: AI governance must be in line with UN Charter
The principles of Artificial Intelligence governance must be based on the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations Secretary-General António...