Lars Bosselmann, Executive Director of the European Blind Union. UNRIC spoke with Lars Bosselmann, the Executive Director of the European Blind Union, about the role of technology in improving ...

The United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation; Peace and Trust; Quantum Science and Technology, and Cooperatives. The United Nations has declared 2025 as the ...

United Nations Volunteers calls everyone over the age of 18 to be part of a logo competition for the International Volunteer Year 2026. The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2026 the ...

ROME/JERUSALEM – The World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns the horrifying incident on January 5, when a clearly marked WFP convoy was shot at by Israeli forces near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, ...

UN Secretary-General new year´s message 2025. “Even in the darkest days, I’ve seen hope power change”, declares the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his message to the world for 2025.

Foreign Minister Thorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir has confirmed that Iceland will pay its contribution to UNRWA, the UN Palestine Agency, ahead of schedule “in light of the enormous humanitarian need.” ...

Have you ever wanted to view all the meetings of a particular UN organ in a calendar view? Now you can with the Global Calendar feature of the Journal of the United Nations. The Global Calendar allows ...

Throughout 2024, hope has been hard to find. Wars are causing enormous pain, suffering and displacement. Inequalities and divisions are rife — fueling tensions and mistrust. And today I can officially ...

Denmark, Greece, Panama, Pakistan, and Somalia have joined the UN Security Council as of 1 January as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the biennium 2025-2026. It is the fifth time ...

Iceland has taken a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council. Iceland, was elected to the Council by the General Assembly on 9 October 2024, for the second time. The first time was in 2018 ...

Denmark, Greece, Panama, Pakistan, and Somalia have joined the UN Security Council as of 1 January as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the biennium 2025-2026. Iceland has taken a ...

United Nations talks on getting money to curb and adapt to climate change resumed Monday with hope that negotiators and ministers can work through... As Lebanon faces the most intense hostilities ...