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On the occasion of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s 75th anniversary, the Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section is launching a photo contest...

The International Steering Committee of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance calls for nominations for the 2022 edition of the Global Media and...

Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching the eighth...

The IOM defines Diaspora as “Migrants or descendants of migrants whose identity and sense of belonging, either real or symbolic, have been shaped by...

Tourism is resilient. While it has been one of the most impacted sectors by global crisis, it has also demonstrated its potential as a...

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has launched the #CrisesofInequality Media Contest for the best journalistic materials to showcase the key themes of...

celebrate the particular contribution of women to the progressive development of the law of the sea as reflected in UNCLOS and related instruments.

IFAD launches the second Call for Nominations for the Indigenous Peoples Awards. The Indigenous Peoples Awards recognize the efforts and achievements of development projects that...

Every year the Secretary-General honours and recognizes significant performance of UN Secretariat personnel who go above and beyond the call of duty in the...

The United Nations General Assembly has designated October 13th as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster...

Photographers worldwide are invited to participate and raise awareness of the ongoing global concern of toxic mercury. Mercury is in the top 10 chemicals of...

In 2013, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its extensive efforts to...

The principle is simple: give what you can – whether it’s one meal or one year of meals – and know that it makes...

Calling all cartoonists! Together with CARI NGO and the Observatorie du Sahara et du Sahel, UNCCD have launched an international press cartoon contest 'Land...

In "Against the Odds", a brand-new podcast series from UNAIDS, extraordinary people are asked what made them winners when all the odds were stacked...