UNRIC donates its stock of surgical masks to health facilities in...
Between March 19 and 23, our office distributed 3,100 surgical masks to health professionals working in several institutions in Flanders and the Brussels region.
UNRIC...
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – March 2020
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites and publications
Be Smurfs, Stay Home and Wash your Hands
New week, same goals: stay positive, wash your hands regularly with soap, and stay at home. That is the mantra.
The Smurfs have come to...
COVID-19 : Europeans are no longer “walking alone”
Across Europe, people are showing unprecedented solidarity in the face of the COVID-19 Coronavirus both in words and deeds since the continent became the...
COVID-19: “We are at war with a virus”– UN Secretary-General
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world’s nations to unite in their battle against the COVID-19 virus on Thursday (March 19).
“Our world faces...
The kindness and love of strangers in times of COVID-19
An Australian tourist with COVID-19 died in a remote part of Iceland on 16 March. His wife also tested positive for COVID-19 and Icelandic...
COVID-19: European Union suspends non-essential travel for non-EU citizens
The European Union has suspended all non-essential travel to the bloc for non-EU citizens for 30 days in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, European...
2010-2019 confirmed as warmest decade in history
The last ten years have been the hottest on record according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) published 10 March.
The...
Brussels Women’s Day screening of Maiden
On 9th March 2020, to mark International Women’s Day, Ciné-ONU partnered with the British Embassy, the European Commission, UN Women and UNFPA to screen Maiden to an...
Sea of Shadows screening for World Wildlife Day
On 3rd March 2020, to mark World Wildlife Day in Brussels, Ciné-ONU partnered with the Austrian Cultural Forum and UNODC to screen Sea of...
“Targeted actions can make a difference to fight climate change”
Thousands of young people from across Europe, including teen activist Greta Thunberg, are expected to march on the streets of Brussels on Friday (March...
“Mom why are you hurting me?”
Najmo Fyiasko is a cheerful and upbeat Somali woman, but at 21 she has experienced many things that no girl should have had to...
UN mourns passing of former Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuéllar
I am profoundly saddened at the passing of my predecessor, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.
He was an accomplished statesman, a committed diplomat and a personal...
World Wildlife Day Quiz
On World Wildlife Day, 3 March 2020, people around the world will celebrate how biodiversity, and nature in its varied forms, Sustains All Life...
The 21st century must be the century of women’s equality
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has vowed to use his influence in the next two years to fight for global gender equality, including persuading governments...