Nigeria, Feast and Famine
On 10 June, the World Food Programme UK (WFP) and OmVed Gardens hosted their latest instalment of The Chef’s Table, "Nigeria, Feast and Famine"....
UN and EU working together for people and planet at EDDs
The United Nations and European Union will come together from June 15 to 16 at the 2021 edition of the European Development Days (EDDs)....
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – June 2021
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
Oceans Decade: Science as a tool for a healthier ocean
The ocean is the largest ecosystem on earth and invaluable for the survival of our planet. But it is an ecosystem under pressure. To...
Online screening of “The Great Green Wall”
To mark the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the United Nations and...
MY World 360: call for immersive media creators to #TurnItAround
Organizations and leaders have started to join the collective call to #TurnItAround for a just, green and equitable recovery from the pandemic, and towards...
Football’s Green Revolution
“We often ask ourselves, what difference can I make? And I would say, all the difference in the world because our actions affect the...
Brussels lights up in green for World Environment Day
To celebrate World Environment Day on June 5th, the City of Brussels lit up its iconic Town Hall in Green. With this symbolic action,...
The right to wind in your hair
Cycling Without Age is a movement launched in 2012 by Ole Kassow in Copenhagen, Denmark. It starts with the generous act of taking one...
The power of youth for peace and security
A young soldier from the United Kingdom says he must stay on his “A-game” on patrol with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali,...
World Oceans Day screening of Silent Fish
To mark World Oceans Day, the United Nations and Oceana present: Silent Fish,
by Andreas Loukakos & Thodoris Chondrogiannos.
In collaboration with: Ocean Week
Synopsis
The Mediterranean remains the...
Children in Greece highlight importance of unity, solidarity, equality
Results of national student contest on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Greece and the Οrganising Committee of...
When a chamber maid won the Nansen prize on behalf of...
Half a century ago, in 1971, Svana Friðriksdóttir, a 19-year old Icelandic girl scout, received the prestigious Nansen award on behalf of young Nordic...
Ciné-ONU screening of Silent Voice
The United Nations and the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival present: Silent Voice
Synopsis:
Khavaj, a young mixed martial arts fighter from Chechnya,...
Flight of the Swan – Flying around Britain for climate change
During the week of 21 June 2021, Sacha Dench will set off on a new adventure to fly around the entire coast of Britain, powered...