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...
The light illuminating the Nordics
Light has always had a special place in the Nordic countries. From the dark nights in winter to the endless sunlight in summer, and...
Letter from Greece: My Glitsa cleaning project while teleworking from Zagori,...
The pandemic has taken the life of millions of people, has led others to the ICUs of our hospitals, has created a major economic...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – May 2021
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
Climate Change threatens the harbinger of spring
A sure sign of spring in northern Europe is the arrival of the Arctic tern, but the warming of the oceans in its nesting...