New UN websites & publications Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing (UN WOMEN) Women’s and girls’ rights are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of ...

Ahead of World Hearing Day, WHO and ITU launch first global standard for safe listening in video gameplay and esports.

On average, women in the EU earn 12% less than men. In other words, for every euro a man earns, a woman receives just 0.88 ...

Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I will start by apologizing for the fact that I will be extremely impolite. I will speak and I will leave, which is something I hate to do, ...

Despite progress in some areas, the WHO European Region – long reputed to have some of the world’s strongest health systems – is largely stagnating or even backsliding on a range of indicators from ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres this week announced the appointment of Jens Wandel of Denmark as Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Reforms. He... The Nordic countries were ...

© UNICEF/Dar Al Mussawir - People gather around a bombed building in a southern suburb of Beirut. The situation for Gazans remains dire despite hopes stemming from ...

UN-Habitat has officially opened its call for nominations for the 2025 Scroll of Honour Award – one of the most prestigious global awards recognizing major contributions... For the third consecutive ...

Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants and Talent Programmes are offered by a number of UN or affiliated entities. We try to consolidate these opportunities into the below list. The main purpose of UN ...

Storytelling is a powerful way to process, share, and understand personal and often traumatic experiences. It has the unique ability to humanize complex issues, making abstract policy challenges more ...

Der UN-Hochkommissar für Menschenrechte, Volker Türk, hat gefordert, das Töten von Zivilisten in den Küstengebieten im Nordwesten Syriens sofort einzustellen. Türks Appell folgte nach einer Reihe koor ...

O secretário-geral 8 de março de 2025 Quando as portas da igualdade de oportunidades se abrem às mulheres e às meninas, todos ganham. As sociedades igualitárias são mais prósperas, mais pacíficas e os ...