Jantine Jacobi addressing the World AIDS Day audience as UNAIDS Country Director in Kenya

COVID-19 & HIV/AIDS: ‘colliding pandemics’

On the occasion of World AIDS Day, which takes place on 1 December, UNRIC spoke to Dutch Dr Jantine Jacobi, UNAIDS Brussels representative, about...
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#FemalePleasure Screening and Panel Discussion

On 25 November, Ciné-ONU - in partnership with UN Women, UNFPA, and the European Commission - hosted an online screening of the award-winning film #FemalePleasure, to mark...
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Deliv’rue: delivering meals “at home” for homeless people

In Montpellier, in the south of France, the delivery of hot meals by bicycle is no longer a service reserved for those with money...
Women in tears No to Violence Against Women

Sexual violence: the evil that persists

Their names are Charlotte, Emma and Marie. They are all three students and they all have one thing in common: they have been victims...

Orange the shadow pandemic

As the Covid-19 pandemic earlier this year shut down societies around the world, millions of women and girls faced a dangerous situation: staying home....
Child with a mask during COVID19

COVID-19: children’s lives turned upside down by pandemic

Children are not the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. But they risk being among its biggest victims. Fears of catching and transmitting the virus,...
World Television Day

TV makes a difference during the pandemic

Since the invention of the first set in 1927, television has offered its viewers a fine line between truth, optimism and reality. With soaring...

Guterres urges EU to cut emissions by 55% by 2030

UN Secretary-General António Guterres today urged the European Union to cut CO2 emissions by 55% or more by 2030. In remarks on climate action to...

COVID-19 : Death every 17 seconds in Europe but there are...

355,000 have died of COVID-19 in the WHO European Region, including 29,000 last week, or one person every 17 seconds, the WHO Europe Director...

Ciné-ONU – Online screening of ‘#Female Pleasure’

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the United Nations and the European Commission present: #Female Pleasure How to Participate...
Nathan Peiffer-Smadja

COVID-19: Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, infectious disease specialist and UN “influencer”

When not in his COVID-19 research lab or with patients in his infectious diseases department, Dr Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, is on Konbini, Huffington Post, or...
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UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter: November 2020

monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications, with a special focus on COVID-19 information
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The World in a Pickle: preserving the value of food

On 3 November, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) – the winner of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize – hosted an online Chef’s Table event....
United Nations Cookbook Recipe Challenge

United Nations Cookbook Recipe Challenge

Enter your recipe for potential inclusion in the United Nations Cookbook! Our food system needs fixing, and you can be a part of the solution....
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Guterres warns Nordic Council: Sustainable development in danger

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is endangering the success of sustainable development. “The pandemic is not simply a health crisis. Steady...