UN campaign to support 87 million lives still underfunded
The war in the Middle East costs 1 billion per day at a time when humanitarian needs are soaring, and aid funding is falling...
Belgian philosopher: “AI should benefit democracy”
Belgian philosopher Mark Coeckelbergh (*), specialised in media and technologies, is one of the 40 experts named by the United Nations to form an...
Women’s rights: bridging the gap in access to justice
This week, on 8 March, we mark International Women’s Day, under the theme “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.” The call is...
Breaking Barriers in the Cockpit
Mohadese Mirzaee was Afghanistan's first woman to become a commercial pilot and made history. But her life has also been marked by narrow escapes,...
UN reaction following the attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Security Council on Saturday (28 February) after the United States and Israel launched massive attacks against Iran, and after Iran...
Benelux: the fight against disinformation, a testimony from a digital media observatory
European citizens increasingly struggle to distinguish reliable information from misleading content online. Information integrity, including the fight against mis- and disinformation, is one of the...
Four years since the full-scale invasion: What is the UN doing...
This year, the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine will reach a grim milestone, grinding into its fifth year. Since 24 February 2022, ongoing attacks...
UN Chief raises alarm over systematic human rights violations
Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world, United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres warned on Monday (23 February), describing a world where the...
Prosody – a superpower for effective communication
Languages are more than a means of communication: they define our identity and help us integrate into society. Multilingual education promotes inclusivity, mutual understanding,...
Mother Language Day: The disappearance of Sami Languages
Did you know one language falls silent every two weeks? Even in the most egalitarian of societies where policies are placed to preserve languages,...
Munich Security Conference Chair: a ‘wrecking-ball’ is smashing the international order’
Ahead of the Munich Security Conference this weekend, Conference Chair Wolfgang Ischinger warns that the international order is in danger.
Wolfgang Ischinger, the seasoned German diplomatic veteran who has held posts in...
Biodiversity and business on agenda at key Manchester gathering
With seven million hectares of forest – roughly the size of the Republic of Ireland – destroyed every year, the need to address biodiversity...
Global survivors gather in The Hague to discuss the meaning of...
Survivors of atrocities in Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Palestine and Sudan gathered in The Hague at the end of January to reflect on...
UN Cinema screening of The Last Ones of Auschwitz held in...
To mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (27 January), the United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC), in cooperation...
Secretary-General on UN at 80: Humanity strongest when we stand as...
Powerful forces are lining up to undermine global cooperation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned at a landmark event commemorating the UN’s 80th anniversary in...