Bonn Climate Meetings set course for COP31 in Türkiye
Starting Monday, 8 June, climate negotiators, experts and observers from around the world will gather in Bonn, Germany, for the annual UN June Climate...
Regeneration Revolution: Holding back the desert on a Spanish farm
As climate change continues to cause biodiversity loss and soil degradation, the pressure on global food systems is increasing. Many farmers are searching for...
Shared Lives, Shared Future: a UN exhibition comes to Brussels
Nearly 50 life-size portraits are coming to the heart of Brussels this month, putting human faces to the global work of the United Nations...
Ebola crisis: a new strain with no vaccine or treatment
Ebola is far from new in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). So why has the most recent outbreak been declared an international...
Hantavirus: what you need to know
An outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has put the virus in the spotlight, six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Artificial intelligence: What are deepfakes?
Artificial intelligence is transforming societies at an unprecedented speed, bringing both new opportunities and new risks. Among the most concerning developments is the rise of deepfake technology; highly...
Central Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Three Countries on the...
The Central Sahel region, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has been experiencing a protracted crisis since 2012, one that has largely faded from...
UN Palestinian Rights Committee brings focus on two-state solution to the...
Ambassador of Senegal to the UN, Coly Seck, opened a press conference organised in Brussels this week: “We want peace. We want engagement. We want to make sure that Europe will help...
Petersberg Dialogue 2026 to help build momentum towards next UN Climate...
Ministers and high-level envoys from around 40 countries will meet in Berlin on 21 and 22 April to advance political discussions on climate ambition,...
Sudan: Berlin conference seeks aid, access and civilian path forward
The International Sudan Conference in Berlin on 15 April is intended to put the war in Sudan back at the top of the diplomatic agenda. Several United Nations...
UN Champion Brian Cox: Space is no longer science fiction
65 years ago, on 12 April 1961, Soviet citizen Yuri Gagarin carried out the first-ever human space flight, paving the way for space exploration...
Protecting children in the age of AI
Sonia Livingstone is an international expert on children’s rights in digital contexts, and one of the 40 members selected by the United Nations for...
UN80 Exhibition “Shared Lives, Shared Future” arrives in Lisbon and Porto
The exhibition “Shared Lives, Shared Future” has officially opened in Portugal to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and the 70th anniversary...
EU/UN cooperation, Middle East, and Ukraine at stake during the UN...
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has concluded a two-day visit to Brussels on 18 and 19 March, during which he participated in an...
The European Union and the United Nations: a leading partnership
The European Union (EU) is one of the main donors to the United Nations. It is involved in many areas, including peacekeeping and humanitarian...