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:
Monday, 9 November
- CFDD Conférence : Environmental impacts of spatial activities – Houston do we have a problem?
WTC III, Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30, 1000 Bruxelles – 12.30 p.m. CET – Additional information
Tuesday, 10 November
- Screening of “How to Live on Earth”
Organized by the United Nations, the European Commission Representation in Belgium and the UK Mission to the EU
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (ULiege), Senghor Auditorium – 6.00 PM CET – Additional information - Launch of Global Education Monitoring Report in Brussels (UNESCO)
Bozar, Brussels – 4.30-6.30 p.m. – Additional information
Monday, 16 November
- Ecosystem Restoration in Action: Progress, Partnerships and the Road to 2030 (FAO)
L42 Business Center, Rue de la Loi 42, Brussels – 13.00-16.00 CET – Additional information
Tuesday, 17 November
- Beyond Trade-Offs: Cash Crops and the Resilience of Local Food Systems (IFAD-IDH Roundtable)
UN House, Brussels – 15.00-17.00 CET
Thursday, 19 November
- One Day Hero, a theatre performance by Volodymyr Tuka
Flagey, Brussels – 6.00 p.m. – Additional information
15-17 December
- 2026 International Conference of NGOs
Paris, France – Additional information
17-18 December
- European Council Meeting (Brussels)
EUROPE AND BEYOND:
9-20 November
- UN Climate Change Conference, COP31
Antalya, Turkiye – Additional information
10 November
- Paris Peace Forum
Paris, France – Additional information
23-25 November
- United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland – Additional information
23-27 November
- Conference of States Parties to Chemical Weapons Convention (ODA)
The Hague, The Netherlands – Additional information
24 November
- UNIDO 60th Anniversary
Vienna, Austria – Additional information
27 November
- International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism 2027 – Opening Ceremony
Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Additional information
30 November
- Report launch: Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (UNODC)
1 December
- High Level Report on Healthy Diets (FAO)
2 December
- State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report (FAO)
2-4 December
- 2026 United Nations Water Conference
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Additional information
5-6 December
- Doha Forum: ‘Diplomacy, Dialogue, Diversity’
Doha, Qatar – Additional information
7-10 December
- ITU World Radiocommunication Seminar 2026 (WRS-26)
Geneva, Switzerland – Additional information
8-10 December
- UN Youth Townhall
Heidelberg, Germany – Additional information
14-18 December
- Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Nairobi, Kenya – Additional information
LOOKING AHEAD:
13-15 January
- UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development 2027
Nairobi, Kenya – Additional information
25 January to 12 February 2027
- The United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
Manila, Philippines – Additional information
24-25 February
- WHO/Europe and Ireland to host the Global Expo 2027: Transforming Health and Social Care
Dublin, Ireland – Additional information
3-4 May 2027
- UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance 2027
UNHQ, New York – Additional information
Upcoming observances:
Observances designated by UN agencies or with a global dimension are marked with an asterisk (*).
October
- 01 October: International Coffee Day (A/RES/80/248)
- 01 October: International Day of Older Persons (A/RES/45/106)
- 02 October: International Day of Non-Violence (A/RES/61/271)
- 04–10 October: World Space Week (A/RES/54/68)
- 05 October: World Teachers’ Day (27 C/INF.7)
- 05 October: World Habitat Day (A/RES/40/202 A)
- 07 October: World Cotton Day (A/RES/75/318)
- 09 October: World Post Day
- 10 October: World Mental Health Day
- 10 October: World Migratory Bird Day
- 11 October: International Day of the Girl Child (A/RES/66/170)
- 13 October: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (A/RES/64/200)
- 15 October: International Day of Rural Women (A/RES/62/136)
- 16 October: World Food Day (A/RES/35/70)
- 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (A/RES/47/196)
- 23 October: International Day of the Snow Leopard (A/RES/79/143)
- 24–30 October: Disarmament Week (A/RES/S-10/2)
- 24 October: United Nations Day (A/RES/168 (II))
- 24 October: World Development Information Day (A/RES/3038 (XXVII))
- 24–31 October: Global Media and Information Literacy Week (A/RES/75/267)
- 27 October: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (33/C/Resolution 5)
- 29 October: International Day of Care and Support (A/RES/77/317)
- 31 October: World Cities Day (A/RES/68/239)
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)
NEW International Year
- 2028 Proclaimed Year of International Law
