Ireland and the United Nations: What you need to know

Ireland is marking its 70th anniversary since it joined the United Nations. What does the UN mean to Ireland, and what does Ireland mean to the UN? An active...

Four years since the full-scale invasion: What is the UN doing...

This year, the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine will reach a grim milestone, grinding into its fifth year. Since 24 February 2022, ongoing attacks...

UN Chief raises alarm over systematic human rights violations

Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world, United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres warned on Monday (23 February), describing a world where the...

The United Kingdom and the United Nations: What you need to...

What does the United Nations mean to the United Kingdom, one of the organisation’s founding members, and what does the UK mean to the...

Prosody – a superpower for effective communication

Languages are more than a means of communication: they define our identity and help us integrate into society. Multilingual education promotes inclusivity, mutual understanding,...
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Mother Language Day: The disappearance of Sami Languages

Did you know one language falls silent every two weeks? Even in the most egalitarian of societies where policies are placed to preserve languages,...

Munich Security Conference Chair: a ‘wrecking-ball’ is smashing the international order’

Ahead of the Munich Security Conference this weekend, Conference Chair Wolfgang Ischinger warns that the international order is in danger.  Wolfgang Ischinger, the seasoned German diplomatic veteran who has held posts in...

The UN and the crisis in Sudan (Jul-Dec 2025)

18 December UN report details horrific patterns of violations committed during RSF takeover of ZamZam IDP camp (OHCHR) 17 December Needs rise as people continue to...

The UN and the crisis in the Middle East: What you...

31 December Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Statement, Revoke planned international NGO ban, humanitarian leaders urge Israeli authorities (IASC) Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for...
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UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – February 2026

monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products

Biodiversity and business on agenda at key Manchester gathering

With seven million hectares of forest – roughly the size of the Republic of Ireland – destroyed every year, the need to address biodiversity...

Global survivors gather in The Hague to discuss the meaning of...

Survivors of atrocities in Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Palestine and Sudan gathered in The Hague at the end of January to reflect on...

UN Cinema screening of The Last Ones of Auschwitz held in...

To mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (27 January), the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC), in cooperation...

UN exhibition in London: a picture is worth a thousand words

The United Nations’ “Shared Lives, Shared Future” photo exhibition was officially inaugurated in London on 17 January 2026 at Methodist Central Hall, as part...

Secretary-General on UN at 80: Humanity strongest when we stand as...

Powerful forces are lining up to undermine global cooperation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned at a landmark event commemorating the UN’s 80th anniversary in...