The Week Ahead at the United Nations in Brussels, Belgium and further afar. Join events, seminars and conferences, in person or online, from the heart of the European Union to UN Headquarters and missions around the world.
Find out about key UN-EU events, international observances and global summits.
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BRUSSELS/BELGIUM:
10 June – 5 July
- Discover Shared Lives, Shared Futures, an outdoor exhibition marking the UN’s 80th anniversary. Through inspiring real-life stories from around the world, the exhibition shows how international cooperation helps build peace, protect human rights, support sustainable development, and improve lives everywhere.Brussels, Place de la Bourse 10 June-25 June and Boulevard Anspach 25 June-5 July
Free access, 24/7, in French, Dutch and English
Tuesday, 23 June
- Special Address by the Secretary-General at London Action Climate Week on the Global Response to the Climate and Energy Crises
Online – 10:00AM CEST – Additional information
Special Brussels viewing at UN House with key EU partners, CSOs and private sector – Register here - Regional Policy Dialogue: Building Green Skills for Africa’s Youth — Pathways to a Nature-Positive and Sustainable Future (UNEP, ILO, and UNICEF)
Online – 15.00-16.30 CEST – Additional information
Wednesday, 24 June
- “Cultural and Natural Heritage for Preparedness and Resilience” (UNESCO)
Bozar, Brussels – 14:00-18:00 CEST – Additional information
Friday, 26 June
- Beyond compliance: Collective action to address the root causes of child labour in the coffee supply chain (ILO, FAO, ITC and UNICEF, with the support of the European Union)
Hybrid, online & at World of Coffee, Brussels Expo, Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Brussels – 11.00-12.30 CEST – Additional information - Commemoration of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (EEAS)
EUROPE AND BEYOND:
June
15 June-7 July
- Human Rights Council, 62nd session
Geneva, Switzerland – Additional information
16-18 June
- Our Ocean Conference
Hybrid (Mombasa, Kenya) – Additional information
17 June
- SDG 16 Conference 2026 – “Driving transformation and coordinated action for sustainable development”
UNHQ, New York – Additional information
17-19 June
- Global Soil Partnership’s (GSP) fourteenth Plenary Assembly
Hybrid (Rome, Italy) – Additional information
21-24 June
- 2026 Innovate4Cities Conference (I4C26)
Nairobi, Kenya – Additional information
22-23 June
- United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
UNHQ, New York – Additional information & Civil Society registration
22-26 June
- UN Peacebuilding Week: “UN Peacebuilding @20 – Partnerships for Innovation, Inclusion and Impact”
Additional information
23 June
- Webinar: Building effective climate information and Early Warning Systems
Online – 14:00-15:30 CEST – Additional information
23-25 June
- 2026 UN Public Service Forum
Tbilisi, Georgia – Additional information
LOOKING AHEAD:
July
1-3 July
- FAO Global Conference on Smart Farming
Hybrid (Rome, Italy) – Additional information
6-7 July
- Global Dialogue on AI Governance (ITU)
Geneva, Switzerland – Additional information
6-15 July
- High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
“Transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for a sustainable future for all”.
UNHQ, New York
August
- 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – 17-28 August – Additional Information
September
- As the EU Pay Transparency Directive comes into force this July, the need for concrete action on the gender pay gap has never been more urgent. The ITC-ILO course “Achieving equal pay: ILO policy framework and practical approaches” is particularly relevant for European policymakers, public officials and social partners in designing and implementing effective equal pay measures.
Online course – 14 Sep – 9 Oct – Additional information
21-23 September
- FAO Global Conference for actions on One Health in agrifood systems
Hybrid (Rome, Italy) – Additional information
October
- EIFAAC 2026 International Symposium
Riga, Latvia – 5-7 October – Additional information - 9th World Investment Forum 2026 (UNCTAD)
Doha, Qatar – 25-27 October – Additional information
December
- 2026 United Nations Water Conference
Dubai, UAE – 2-4 December – Additional information
Jan-Feb 2027
- The United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
Manila, Philippines – 25 Jan – 12 Feb – Additional information
Upcoming observances:
Observances designated by UN agencies or with a global dimension are marked with an asterisk (*).
June
- 01 June: Global Day of Parents (A/RES/66/292)
- 03 June: World Bicycle Day (A/RES/72/272)
- 04 June: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (A/RES/ES-7/8)
- 05 June: World Environment Day
- 07 June: World Food Safety Day (A/RES/73/250)
- 08 June: World Oceans Day (A/RES/63/111)
- 10 June: International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations (A/RES/78/286)
- 11 June: International Day of Play (A/RES/78/268)
- 12 June: World Day Against Child Labour
- 13 June: International Albinism Awareness Day (A/RES/69/170)
- 14 June: World Blood Donor Day (WHA Resolution 58.13)
- 15 June: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (A/RES/66/127)
- 16 June: International Day of Family Remittances (A/RES/72/281)
- 17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (A/RES/49/115)
- 18 June: Sustainable Gastronomy Day (A/RES/71/246)
- 18 June: International Day for Countering Hate Speech (A/RES/75/309)
- 19 June: International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (A/RES/69/293)
- 20 June: World Refugee Day (A/RES/55/76)
- 21 June: International Day of Yoga (A/RES/69/131)
- 21 June: International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice (A/RES/73/300)
- 23 June: United Nations Public Service Day (A/RES/57/277)
- 23 June: International Widows’ Day (A/RES/65/189)
- 24 June: International Day of Women in Diplomacy (A/RES/76/269)
- 25 June: Day of the Seafarer (STCW/CONF.2/DC/4)
- 26 June: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (A/RES/42/112)
- 26 June: United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (A/RES/52/149)
- 27 June: Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (A/RES/71/279)
- 29 June: International Day of the Tropics (A/RES/71/279)
- 30 June: International Asteroid Day (A/RES/71/90)
- 30 June: International Day of Parliamentarism (A/RES/72/278)
International Years 2026
- International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists | A/RES/76/253
- International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development | A/RES/78/127
- International Year of the Woman Farmer | A/RES/78/279
International Decades
- United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport (2026–2035)
