EU priorities at 77th UN General Assembly: UN Charter must be...

The European Union has set out its priorities at the United Nations for the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 2022...
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UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – September 2022

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

How about some world peace and a piece of chocolate?

“Would you like World´s Best News and some chocolate?” is an offer that not many could refuse, when thousands of volunteers approached commuters on...

UN’s Playing for the Planet inspires gaming industry to change

For the first time, gamescom’s opening night show and core events were 100% climate neutral. The organizers, the German Games Industry Association and Koelnmesse...

China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang province: UN...

A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region...

OPCW-The Hague Award

In 2013, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its extensive efforts to...

Denmark supports demining in Ukraine

 Denmark has announced a contribution of US$1.6 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen Ukraine’s coordination of demining and the removal...

Six months of war in Ukraine

Precisely six months ago, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, violating the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and the UN Charter. For 182 days, the conflict...

Olenivka: Former Icelandic foreign minister in a fact-finding mission

 The Secretary-General has appointed Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir of Iceland as one of three members of a fact finding mission regarding the 29 July 2022...

Belgian UNESCO-recognised primeval forest defies climate change

The Sonian Forest in Belgium, which this year celebrates the fifth anniversary of its UNESCO-recognised nature reserves, is affected by climate change but nevertheless...

ShareTheMeal: WFP app marks new milestone

The principle is simple: give what you can – whether it’s one meal or one year of meals – and know that it makes...

She writes with her heart in Sápmi

The Inuits of Greenland and the Sami of Finland, Norway and Sweden are the Indigenous people of the Nordic Countries. On the occasion of...
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UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: August 2022

monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information

Greenland: the unexpected Netflix-star

The Inuits of Greenland and the Sami of Finland, Norway and Sweden are the Indigenous people of the Nordic Countries. On the occasion of...

New UNAIDS ‘Against the Odds’ podcast adds to growing list of...

In "Against the Odds", a brand-new podcast series from UNAIDS, extraordinary people are asked what made them winners when all the odds were stacked...