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monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products. Topic of the month: Volunteers & Volunteering

Looking for information on the situation in Venezuela. Then check out this backgrounder.

The war in Ukraine is having a devastating impact on the country’s 7.5 million children. As the war in Ukraine continues, humanitarian conditions for children...

More than half of people living with HIV in Europe were diagnosed too late for optimal treatment in 2024 — a “critical testing failure,”...

At a time when 117 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, UNHCR and EU has launched a mural art project that...

"Critically inadequate": this is how the World Health Organization (WHO) describes the health sector's response to violence against women and girls in Europe, "leaving...

Several European countries are among 13 nations who have signed the first-ever Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change. The signatories pledge to fight back...

As world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP 30—the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—one...

In 2026, the United Nations will shine a spotlight on three vital themes that shape lives, livelihoods and ecosystems around the world. Through dedicated...

By Jorge Moreira da Silva, published in Le Monde, 11 November 2025. I wrote this text from Jamaica, where I have just seen the devastation...

Some of the world’s biggest brands gathered in London on 5 November alongside representatives from the United Nations to explore how businesses can drive...

monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products. Topic of the month: Rio Conventions

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), and the European Union (EU) have signed a new...

Earlier this year, De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester was selected as the sole UK institution to serve as a Hub Chair for the...

Since October 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) has evacuated more than 7,600 patients from Gaza who require specialized emergency care abroad. Two-thirds of...